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National Coalition for Public Education 5/3/24 National Coalition for Public Education 5/3/24

Oppose the Education Choice for Children Act

The Education Choice for Children program is a voucher proposal that would redirect $10 billion per year of federal taxpayer dollars to fund private school vouchers. Individuals and corporations would receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for donating to scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) that provide private school vouchers to students. This proposal has been introduced in Congress as the “Education Choice for Children Act.” There are a number of flaws with this legislation.

Pastors for Texas Children 1/8/24 Pastors for Texas Children 1/8/24

Voucher Talking Points

Pastors for Texas Children developed this one-pager with anti-voucher arguments.

IDRA 1/2/24 IDRA 1/2/24

Stop Vouchers Webpage

Texas Governor Abbott called a special legislative session in October 2023 to press legislators to establish Texas’ first-ever private school voucher program, funded by all Texas taxpayers. Instead, Texas needs to invest in public schools that serve 5.4 million students and their families. The proposed voucher program would cost $500 million. Get resources here to help Texas say no to vouchers!

Network for Public Education 12/22/23 Network for Public Education 12/22/23

Toolkit: School Privatization Explained

The Network for Public Education Toolkit: School Privatization Explained was first created in 2017 to alert the general public regarding the various forms that privatization takes and the consequences associated with each. We’ve updated the toolkit to ensure the information is up-to-date. This toolkit presents evidence of what we already know about charters, vouchers and other forms of privatization. It is organized around key questions, providing answers in clear language to the questions we at NPE are most often asked.

National Education Association 12/22/23 National Education Association 12/22/23

Telling the Real Story on School Voucher Programs Rapid Response Memo

Opponents of public schools have pushed forward with another attack on children’s freedom to learn. This time, some elected officials are threatening to rip funds from students via school voucher programs to bankroll private schools for the wealthy and hide their refusal to fully fund public schools and ensure that every child from the big cities to small towns has a neighborhood school where they can learn, grow and thrive.

Pastors for Texas Children 12/22/23 Pastors for Texas Children 12/22/23

Conversation Points With Clergy

This toolkit includes talking points and fact sheets from anti-voucher arguments to the imperative of faith/school leader partnership.

National Coalition for Public Education 12/22/23 National Coalition for Public Education 12/22/23

Opposing Private School Vouchers:A Toolkit for Legislators and Advocates

This toolkit is designed as a resource to help legislators and pro-public education advocates oppose attempts to create new or expand existing private school voucher programs.

In recent years, a network of anti-public-education politicians and lobbying groups has been emboldened in its push for private school vouchers. Billionaires like the DeVoses, including former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the Kochs, and the Waltons are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on these campaigns. These funders are using their war chests to lobby for voucher bills in state legislatures, contribute to the political campaigns of pro-voucher candidates, and seed astroturf petition drives to put vouchers on the ballot.