Quoted in this WV Metronews article, Cardinal’s development director, Jessi Troyan, says there are serious fiscal implications to simply passing a pay raise, especially when no education choice options are given to families:

‘Jessi Troyan, with the Cardinal Institute, said the price tag for the raises in the bill is about $68 million. “What are we getting for that $68 million?” No alternatives for families to deal with the state’s many educational challenges.”’