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What You Need to Know About the National Private School Voucher Proposal
Bills Legislation and Litigation May Roberts at Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy Bills Legislation and Litigation May Roberts at Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy

What You Need to Know About the National Private School Voucher Proposal

School vouchers allow families to use public funds to pay for their children’s private school tuition. School voucher programs enacted across the country – using tax credits, grants, and savings accounts to divert public funding to pay for private education – have consistently demonstrated that states with voucher programs tend to expand the programs over time. These expansions dramatically increase the amount of public funds diverted to private education while state investments in public education remain stagnant or decrease. Despite the numerous negative consequences of using publicly funded vouchers to pay for K-12 private education expenses,1 policy makers across the country continue to propose similar programs.

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Federal Voucher System — Like Florida’s — Would Divert Funding to Private Schools and Home-Schoolers
Bills Legislation and Litigation Norín Dollard, PhD and Esteban Leonardo Santis, PhD at Florida Policy Institute Bills Legislation and Litigation Norín Dollard, PhD and Esteban Leonardo Santis, PhD at Florida Policy Institute

Federal Voucher System — Like Florida’s — Would Divert Funding to Private Schools and Home-Schoolers

The reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes a federal tax credit voucher that would provide taxpayer-funded scholarships to pay for tuition at private schools and for home-schooled students. This $5-billion tax credit would divert funding that would otherwise go into federal coffers. This part of the reconciliation bill would make vouchers available to students in every state, even in those states where voters have opposed them like Kentucky, Colorado, and Nebraska, most recently.

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The School Voucher Debate – How School Choice Affects Low-Income Communities and Housing
Toolkits and Guides Eric Lawrence Frazier Toolkits and Guides Eric Lawrence Frazier

The School Voucher Debate – How School Choice Affects Low-Income Communities and Housing

The school choice movement, heavily supported by the Trump administration, aims to expand access to private and charter schools by redirecting public education funds through vouchers. These programs allow families to use taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition, but they come with serious consequences for public education, particularly in low-income and minority communities.

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Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows
Studies Reports and Data Emily Walkenhorst and Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporters Studies Reports and Data Emily Walkenhorst and Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporters

Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows

Most of North Carolina's publicly funded general private school tuition vouchers this year went to students who were not enrolled in a North Carolina public school the year before, a new state report shows.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction found 6,710 recipients of the voucher, called an Opportunity Scholarship, this year attended a public school in the state last year.

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Column: Don’t let federal tax credits drain Bend-La Pine’s public schools
Bills Legislation and Litigation Steven Cook, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Bills Legislation and Litigation Steven Cook, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent

Column: Don’t let federal tax credits drain Bend-La Pine’s public schools

In the “big, beautiful bill” federal lawmakers have tucked in a proposal that threatens the very heart of public education, not only across the country, but right here in Central Oregon. The Educational Choice for Children Act creates a backdoor voucher scheme across all states, enabling billions of taxpayer dollars to be funneled away from public schools and into private institutions that operate without oversight, transparency or public accountability.

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Trump's Budget Bill Funnels More Money to Billionaires and Wealthy Private Schools
Bills Legislation and Litigation American Federation of Teachers Bills Legislation and Litigation American Federation of Teachers

Trump's Budget Bill Funnels More Money to Billionaires and Wealthy Private Schools

Trump's "big, beautiful bill" hides a massive tax loophole for billionaires that would practically pay them for "donating" money to pay for private school tuition of parents that may earn up to $500,000 per year - both increasing the deficit and weakening public schools. Tell your lawmaker to say NO to school vouchers.

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The GOP House Budget Bill Also Takes Aim at Public Education with Its Private School Voucher Scheme
Bills Legislation and Litigation Peter Greene Bills Legislation and Litigation Peter Greene

The GOP House Budget Bill Also Takes Aim at Public Education with Its Private School Voucher Scheme

The GOP’s Trump-backed “big, beautiful bill” has passed out of the House of Representatives, and taxpayers are rightfully giving lots of attention to features like the slashing of Medicaid and tax cuts for the wealthy. But buried within the bill is language that would create federal education private school vouchers and provide a tax dodge for the wealthy while eroding the public school system in favor of taxpayer-subsidized discrimination.

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What’s Democratic About Giving Tax Dollars to Private Schools?
Personal Narratives Blogs Webinars Diane Ravitch Personal Narratives Blogs Webinars Diane Ravitch

What’s Democratic About Giving Tax Dollars to Private Schools?

Public schools are essential for democracy—and they’re under attack. But the very policies being championed as their salvation may have a catastrophic impact on American education for generations. Public education advocate and historian Diane Ravitch unpacks how school choice policies like vouchers and charter schools are dangerous for democracy.

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The People Have Spoken: Private School Vouchers Have A Long Track Record Of Failure At The Ballot Box

The People Have Spoken: Private School Vouchers Have A Long Track Record Of Failure At The Ballot Box

Voters in Arizona in November rejected a plan to expand private-school vouchers in the state by 65 to 35 percent. The lopsided results might have been a surprise to school-voucher boosters, but they shouldn’t have been. Vouchers and other forms of private-school aid plans have been getting trounced at the ballot box since 1967.

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These former senators‘urge Nebraskans to voterepeal on Measure 435’
Bills Legislation and Litigation Greg Adams, Kathy Campbell, Al Davis, Curt Friesen, Mike Gloor, John McCollister, Paul Schumacher, John Stinner, and Matt Williams Bills Legislation and Litigation Greg Adams, Kathy Campbell, Al Davis, Curt Friesen, Mike Gloor, John McCollister, Paul Schumacher, John Stinner, and Matt Williams

These former senators‘urge Nebraskans to voterepeal on Measure 435’

We cannot afford to fund two school systems — both our public system and a private system — especially when one has such little accountability or measurable return on investment. Programs like this have decimated budgets in state after state, and we believe Nebraskans demand more responsible decisions be made with their tax dollars.

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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a ProPublica analysis found.

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