#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.
Voucher Boondoggle: House Advances Plan to Give the Wealthy $1.20 for Every $1 They Steer to Private K-12 Schools
Our analysis indicates the shelter would overwhelmingly benefit high-income people, with almost two-thirds of the likely beneficiaries having annual incomes over $200,000.
Court Strikes Down South Carolina School Voucher Program
No money shall be paid from public funds nor shall the credit of the State or any of its political subdivisions be used for the direct benefit of any religious or other private educational institution.
Indiana Voucher Madness
The latest bad news about vouchers comes from Indiana, where the costs of that state’s program have ballooned by 263% over a period of five years.
Gov. Cooper blasts GOP voucher plan that could get a vote next week
“Unfortunately Republicans in this legislature are trying to choke the life out of our public schools,” Cooper said. “And their constituents — we’re going to be depending on you this week — their constituents need to tell them to stop it.”
Voucher dilemma: Taxpayer cost jumped from $15.5 million to more than $300 million
The voucher boom, under the last Indiana budget, directed 36% of new state tax funding for elementary and secondary education to private schools educating only about 7% of the students in Indiana.
Capless school choice squeezes state budgets
“Despite continual attempts to address these deficiencies via legislation, Arizona’s Republican-majority legislature has consistently rejected common-sense efforts to implement urgently needed safeguards,” the group’s executive director, Beth Lewis, said in a statement. “As a result, the program has ballooned in cost and lacks the basic protections afforded by similar voucher programs in other states.”
Teachers speak against school vouchers when Texas lawmakers return to Austin
Capo says vouchers would benefit richer families because they would not cover the full cost of tuition at a private school, but they would also hurt lower income families because public schools would lose money.
Kentucky kids will lose when recovery funds end. School voucher threat hurts even more.
One way Kentuckians can ensure that the post-ESSER loss isn’t made worse is to reject Amendment 2 this fall. Not only would that prevent the inevitable loss of public funding that would come with a private school voucher program, but it would send a message that lawmakers should put the focus back on Kentucky’s public schools, where the vast majority of students will always attend and where the needs are pressing and clear.
Opinion – PJ Lonneman: School vouchers are bad choice for KY students, communities, budgets
Taxpayers do not have a say in how private schools use voucher funds, unlike with public schools where they can address their concerns to the elected members of the board of education.
UEA wants judge to declare school choice program unconstitutional
Lawyers for the state’s largest teachers union have asked a judge to strike down Utah’s school choice program, arguing that it is unconstitutional.
Universal school vouchers rarely benefit school-aged children, yet conservatives widely support them
However, a growing body of evidence shows school vouchers have the potential to wreak deep monetary and academic havoc on the children those programs claim to serve.
Project 2025’s education plans: A threat to our future
The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” report, touted as the blueprint for a future Trump presidency, proposes a radical overhaul of American education that threatens our national security, economic stability and the very foundations of our democracy.
New Hampshire: Voucher Program Aims to Destroy Public Schools
Veteran journalist Garry Rayno wrote a passionate editorial about the destructive voucher program in New Hampshire, promoted by out-of-state billionaires. Ninety percent of the students in the state attend public schools, but Republicans have diverted taxpayer dollars to private and religious schools.
Commentary: School vouchers are toxic. Texas voters should reject them.
Texas billionaires have pushed school vouchers as educational choice, but it’s really a well-funded attack on public schools.
Private Fortunes vs. Public Education
“Across the nation,” the report reads, “conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.”
