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Our Voucher School Scam$ page, which we began in September of 2023 in response to the recent flood of irresponsible universal voucher programs includes a sorting feature that allows you to search voucher scams by state and by 12 categories.
School voucher town hall in Palestine ends with state representatives booed off stage
A school voucher town hall meeting abruptly ended when the audience’s shouts of dissent sent Rep. Cody Harris walking off the stage.
Reverse Course on Vouchers and Tax Cuts to Protect Idaho’s Budget—and Idaho’s Future
Idaho’s leaders are facing difficult decisions as the state enters a period of tightening budgets and slowing revenue. But the cause of our financial strain isn’t mysterious, and the solution isn’t either. For years, lawmakers have pursued aggressive tax cuts and costly voucher-style programs, draining hundreds of millions from the state’s treasury. Now, as essential services face cuts and Idaho families shoulder the consequences, it’s time to reverse course.
State Rep. Alexander, JC Schools officials slam voucher expansion
Alexander, who voted against the bill, said she’s concerned about state lawmakers potentially expanding the program in the upcoming General Assembly without at least making more data available. “I think that would be a crying shame until we know exactly who got those vouchers to begin with,” Alexander said. “Because from my understanding, just from people I’ve talked with, the people that got them didn’t need them.”
States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Taking public resources from already underfunded public schools and diverting them to private education is harmful for nearly 90 percent of American students.
10 years since initiative 42; the continued fight against school vouchers
Although Initiative 42 failed (which some activists have attributed to legislators’ tinkering resulting in confusing wording on the ballot), it was a significant turning point in organizing in Mississippi, bringing together Republicans, Democrats and independents and fostering a grassroots movement that shifted their focus to anti-privatization efforts.
$1 billion in voucher spending raises new budget pressures for Arizona schools
“The Republican expansion of government to universal ESA vouchers has put our state’s financial security at risk, and our students at risk without any safeguards,” said Sen. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe in a news release advocating changes to the program’s oversight and fiscal controls.
Opinion: Take note, Gov. Polis: Coloradans have repeatedly said no to school vouchers
New federal program is a devil’s bargain and must not override the will of our people
Donald’s Dangerous Vouchers
These federal vouchers divert public funds to private education uses, with all the attendant harms, and they must be recognized as such, even if it may be possible to use the voucher money for public school students.
States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme
My colleagues and I at the Education Law Center strongly caution states against opting in to this scheme. Through our work directing the Public Funds Public Schools campaign, we conduct and compile research about the various types of private education vouchers, bring and join lawsuits about these programs in states around the country, and advocate for public funding to support public education.
Ashland asks for transparency after $870,000 in local taxes go to private school vouchers
The Ashland School District wants taxpayers to know exactly how much of their property tax dollars are funding private school vouchers, a price tag already soaring into the hundreds of thousands each year, and it’s expected to climb even higher next year.
Florida Finds Accountability Problems in Voucher Program
Florida Finds Accountability Problems in Voucher Program
New watchdog report reveals ‘loopholes,’ lack of oversight of Idaho virtual school finances
Some families enrolled in the Idaho Home Learning Academy public virtual charter school used state funding to pay for virtual reality headsets, hoverboards, hunting equipment, video games and video game controllers, paddleboards, smart watches, admission tickets to water parks and subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, according to a new state watchdog report released Tuesday.
Op-Ed: Senate Super-Majority Suppressing an Advocate for Education Accountability
One of the fastest growing expenses in our education budget is the school voucher program, known as Education Freedom Accounts. What was sold to the public as a way for financially underprivileged students struggling in public schools to afford private school tuition, has rapidly ballooned into a universal, $87M boondoggle.
Business Manager: District takes heavy hit from cyber charter costs in 2024-2025 fiscal year
The district’s board of directors received an end-of-year report about the budget during its work session last Thursday by Business Manager Joni MacIntyre. According to the numbers presented, the district saw a shortfall of $2,782,985.
Ohio School Boards Association conference reveals growing reaction against vouchers and lawmakers
The top issue facing Ohio schools isn’t a shortage of bus drivers, scarce substitute teachers, or funding for aging school buses.It’s the expanded universal private school voucher program that is devastating the long-range viability of public education and diverting more than $1 billion annually from the state treasury to support private and religious schools.