Trump Voucher Scheme Makes Education Worse

Far from making schools or education great, the Trump private school coupon scheme will, new analysis shows, make things worse.

As an example:

Subsidize private education for the rich. School vouchers, on average, cover just 39% of middle school private school tuition across the sampled states. Even with a private school voucher, tuition prices are often out of reach for working-class families, meaning that the vouchers function as a subsidy to the rich who can already afford to pay for private education.

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Feeding Vouchers

A lawsuit over school vouchers in Ohio points to disparities in state funds received, with public schools coming out on the losing end.

The coalition representing public school districts says the voucher program violates the state constitution’s equal protection provisions by providing more funds for some students receiving vouchers than their public school peers.

In the 2023-2024 school year, students in Richmond Heights Local School District received $1,530 in state funding. Students in Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District received $2,600. That’s far less than what EdChoice students in grades K-8 received, $6,166, and high school students got, $8,408.

The districts argue this disparity is unjustified and discriminatory, and that public school students should not have to leave public education to receive equal treatment.

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Cold Water

House GOP Caucus Chair Jeremy Faison pours cold water on the idea of expanding Gov. Bill Lee’s private school coupon scheme:

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Gov. Bill Lee promoting school privatization

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It Just Keeps Getting Worse

The scandal that is Arizona’s school voucher scheme keeps getting worse.

It’s not enough that an investigation revealed families using voucher funds to pay for vacations. Now, there’s evidence the voucher money was spent on diamond rings, necklaces, and iPhones.

12 News’ Craig Harris requested reports of all of the reimbursements being approved by Supt. Horne’s ADE, and the laundry list of fraud, waste, and abuse is shocking. The investigation found that private school parents using ESA vouchers for their kids “bought diamond rings and necklaces, Kenmore appliances, and even lingerie with education tax dollars… more than 200 Apple iPhones

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