#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.
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.
How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers
The state’s auditor general found “a myriad of accountability problems” in the nation’s largest voucher program.
Arkansas education funds being misused, wasted
Ask an educator in public schools what an “ordinary and necessary” expense for their classroom is, and you will get a variety of answers. I recently did so, and here are some of the most common answers: Kleenex, pencils, books or book sets, headphones/AirPods, sanitizer and wipes, electric pencil sharpener, paper, Expo markers, highlighters, a stapler that works.
Audit finds Florida vouchers program has trouble tracking student funding
The audit revealed that the Florida Department of Education has trouble tracking $270 million in voucher funds. The state also recently sent a $4 million check to Orange County Public Schools to reimburse the district for funds that should have been sent to them, according to the report.
OPINION: Private-school vouchers are a scam
While presented as a “tax credit,” funds are distributed as direct payouts that are unrelated to a family’s tax burden. In short, Idaho taxpayers are now on the hook to subsidize families already wealthy enough to afford private schooling.
Maryville father pushes back against school vouchers, files lawsuit
Dustin Park is the father of a high school freshman with Down syndrome who attends school in Blount County, park says the public school system in East Tennessee has made it all possible. Park is one of ten parents and taxpayers who have filed a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee’s school voucher program.
Gov. Katie Hobbs will try again to reel in school vouchers in 2026
“We are going to be making a run at the unaccountable vouchers that are hurting public education,” Hobbs told reporters
The Trump Administration Is Quietly Preparing to Bring Back School Segregation
It starts with vouchers and the destruction of the Office for Civil Rights.
Private school vouchers in Florida redirecting funding away from public schools
Florida’s expansion of vouchers for families who want to enroll their children in private schools is leading to tighter budgets at public schools across the state.
More Challenges To Church-State Wall Coming To Schools
In May of this year, the Supreme Court ended the hope that an Oklahoma Catholic charter school would be first in the nation to shatter the wall between religion and public schools. Now two schools are poised to challenge the notion that a public charter school must be non-sectarian.