#SCHOOLVOUCHERSCAMS
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.
Tax bills should disclose hidden cost of vouchers and charter schools, advocates say
Wisconsin Public Education Network – a nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy group – argues that taxpayers deserve to know how much of their money is being spent on non-district schools.
Tennessee vouchers may not track prior student enrollment
However, a Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG) report found the voucher applications did not collect information on prior enrollment, meaning the exact number of public school students making use of these funds may remain unknown in the program’s first year if the data is not collected otherwise.
Unacceptable’: AG Kris Mayes set to sue defiant Tom Horne over unchecked spending on school vouchers
School superintendent rejects Mayes’ demand to change how he reviews Empowerment Scholarship Account reimbursements. 12News found $124 million in blanket approvals
JC school board member criticizes state for ‘not tracking’ vouchers
Johnson City Schools Board of Education member Ginger Carter has criticized the state’s private school voucher program for not tracking exactly where voucher funds are going.
Rural superintendents say voucher program puts public schools at risk. Lawmakers disagree.
In rural counties, it’s typically more difficult to generate additional tax revenues for higher local appropriations. For this school year, Phipps requested $447,399 in additional salaries and supplements and another $200,000 for increased utility rates. For the sixth time in the past seven years, Caldwell’s commissioners said “no.”
Two Colorado residents plead guilty to $110K in Arizona school voucher fraud
Two Coloradans who forged documents to fraudulently enroll more than 40 real and fictitious children in Arizona’s school voucher program have both pleaded guilty to felony charges.
It Just Keeps Getting Worse
The scandal that is Arizona’s school voucher scheme keeps getting worse.
Ohio’s EdChoice vouchers are unconstitutional
Article I, section 7 forbids tax funding of religious education.
School vouchers benefit the wealthy, hurt public schools
Nearly 70% of private school students who received voucher assistance were already enrolled in private schools. Since 2023, the Florida voucher program has funneled around $1 billion out of public schools and into private schools.
U.S. investment in public education is at risk
Vouchers, state budget austerity, and federal attacks on the Department of Education threaten children’s futures
Tennessee to give more average per-pupil funding to voucher participants than public school students
Tennessee will spend an average of $7,023 per public school student in the state’s education funding formula, compared to the $7,295 given to students participating in the new Education Freedom Scholarship program.
Are Vouchers the Beginning of the End for Rural Public Schools?
But experience in other states suggests ESAs will constrict public education funding, and the research on their efficacy is disappointing at best. “Catastrophic” is how education researcher Joshua Cowen describes voucher findings from the last decade, citing learning loss comparable to the impacts from COVID-19 and Hurricane Katrina for students leaving public school systems.
TN public school funding per student lags behind Gov. Lee’s school vouchers, TDOE data finds
The data shows that state public school students will receive $272 less than students enrolled in Gov. Lee’s private school voucher program.
Texas private schools hire relatives and enrich insiders. Soon they can do it with taxpayer money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Repeal Georgia’s Voucher Law — Put Public Dollars Back Into Public Schools
“When the Georgia General Assembly passed the “Georgia Promise Scholarship” voucher program, it was marketed as a lifeline for struggling students. In reality, it’s a political project that siphons taxpayer dollars from the very schools that need them most.”