December 1, 2023 12:09 pm
Private School Choice Faces New Challenges as State Lawsuits Pile Up
In the last month, private school choice critics in South Carolina and Wisconsin have filed lawsuits seeking to overturn new or recently expanded programs that allow parents to spend public dollars on private education. Dozens of districts in Ohio this year have signed onto a lawsuit asking a court to declare the state’s voucher program unconstitutional. And in Texas, districts have argued that a newly revised statewide accountability system for grading schools on an A-F scale is part of an unlawful scheme to promote privatize school choice, which has been a priority of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.