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Our two states adopted school choice. KY should listen to our warnings | Opinion
As parents from Florida and Arizona, we have seen firsthand the devastating impact of publicly funded school vouchers. We offer a gloomy cautionary tale to Kentuckians so that you can understand why passing Amendment 2 and allowing similar programs in Kentucky would be a terrible idea.
Josh Cowen on “How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers”
Indeed, Cowen’s research reveals that what’s really driving the expansion of vouchers isn’t a commitment to learning, but rather a Christian nationalist political movement that wants to fundamentally alter American society.
Public school dollars do not belong in private schools
But restructuring North Dakota’s K-12 public education system to a “school choice” model, as the Legislature’s interim Education Committee and a separate school choice task force have been discussing, is a bad idea.
Governor: Voucher program ‘devastating’ to Bertie Co.
“If the General Assembly’s private school voucher plan moves forward, Bertie County could lose more than $272,000 in public education funding in just the first year of the expanded voucher program despite having just two private schools participating in the Opportunity Scholarship Program,” the Governor told the Bertie Ledger-Advance last week.
Florida families say school voucher reimbursements worse than ever
Chat rooms are filled with parents telling stories of how they submit claims based on what they understand from the guides, only to be denied for reasons they don’t understand.
Column: Private school vouchers are a step in the wrong direction for N.C. education
Financing private school education, something that should not be a priority of the state legislature, while neglecting to finance public schools across the state, is an irresponsible use of taxpayer dollars, especially for a program that causes more issues than it solves.
NC Justice Center policy analyst Kris Nordstrom on the expansion of private school vouchers
Recently, NC Newsline posed these questions and others to one of our state’s most knowledgeable public education policy experts, the North Carolina Justice Center’s Kris Nordstrom.
Cooper: School voucher expansion ‘devastating’ for public education in NC
“The Legislature wants to take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the public schools and give it to private school vouchers, even for the wealthiest North Carolinians,” Cooper said Wednesday during a phone interview with The Daily Advance. “That’s going to be devastating for education across the board.”
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.
