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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. 

07/06/2025

Senate Tax Bill’s Education Provisions: A Wealth Transfer Scheme and Investment Opportunity

The Senate Tax Bill of 2025, hailed by some as a revolution in school choice, is in reality a masterclass in tax avoidance for the affluent. Buried within its provisions is a capital gains tax loophole that allows wealthy donors to liquidate appreciated assets tax-free while funneling funds into private school scholarships—a scheme that disproportionately benefits the top 10% of earners while starving public schools of resources.

07/06/2025

Guest commentary: National school voucher program deeply flawed

Lawmakers in Congress are pushing a plan to create a national private school voucher program. If passed, it would shift $20 billion taxpayer dollars over the next four years into a voucher system that primarily benefits private and religious schools—with virtually no oversight.

07/04/2025

AU denounces private school voucher scheme in reconciliation bill

Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to Congress forcing the first-ever national private school voucher scheme into the budget reconciliation bill. The voucher would funnel untold and uncapped billions in federal taxpayer money to private, predominantly religious schools.

07/03/2025

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Devastate Public Schools. America’s Kids Will Pay the Price

According to Senator Ted Cruz, school vouchers are “the Civil Rights Issue of the 21st century.” The Texas Republican argues that vouchers are key to providing educational opportunities for young people. On the contrary, expanding vouchers and eliminating public education will actively harm young people—especially Black, Latino, and Indigenous students.

07/03/2025

Voucher programs threaten the promise of public education | Opinion

Today, we face a troubling trend. The push for voucher programs that redirect public funds to private schools threatens to abandon the fundamental promise of public education. While these programs sound appealing on the surface, they risk dismantling the very foundation that makes American education a beacon of opportunity for all.

07/02/2025

Senate Passes A Different Version Of Federal School Vouchers

The House version would impose school vouchers on states that do not have voucher programs of their own. The Senate version allows states to opt in to the program.

07/02/2025

Three Ways that the Reconciliation Bill’s School Voucher Program Hurts Public Schools

These programs disproportionately serve wealthy families who already attend private schools. Supporters of the legislation claim that it won’t hurt public schools. Here is why they are wrong:

07/02/2025

The risks of universal private school choice programs

Jon Valant’s testimony before the Senate spotlight forum on school voucher impacts

07/01/2025

Decision declaring private school vouchers unconstitutional follows money from taxpayers to schools: Capitol Letter

Laura Hancock identifies three areas where the money trail lead Page to declare the programs unconstitutional, including the state sending voucher checks directly to the private schools, to which parents give power of attorney to endorse and cash.

07/01/2025

Arizona’s visceral reaction against school vouchers isn’t just about vouchers | Opinion

Vouchers haven’t leveled the playing field for students. They’ve just added a new level of complexity to a funding system that’s not at all based on school choice.

07/01/2025

Judge temporarily halts school vouchers while considering suit

On Friday, both parties appeared in Laramie County District Court for a hearing, after which Judge Peter Froelicher determined that he would temporarily halt the allocation of ESA funds while he “took the matter under advisement.”

06/30/2025

Arizona lawmakers love rich kids. Poor students? Not so much | Letters

Taking funds from public schools for private schools or homeschools is the problem. Republicans again favor wealthier families with these voucher programs.

06/28/2025

Republican plan for nationwide private school vouchers deemed in violation of Senate rules

A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback Friday when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules.

06/27/2025

Ohio Court Strikes Down State School Voucher Program

Ohio is now one more state in which taxpayer-funded school vouchers have been struck down by a court. On June 24, Judge Jaiza Page of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granted summary judgments against Ohio’s EdChoice program and for a coalition of over 100 public school districts and parents.

06/27/2025

Drake: Wyoming’s ‘universal’ school vouchers are a sinking ship

The Wyoming Legislature’s school voucher program makes me think of the Titanic. Like a hastily built luxury liner that sinks to the bottom of the ocean, this program that uses public money on private education is going down, hopefully never to resurface.