This is a long article but worth the read for its clear explanations of why liberals and conservatives oppose vouchers. Just swap out Kansas for Texas. “Most Democrats, teachers, and public school supporters disagree. They have many arguments, but the unifying theme is that vouchers would bleed money from the...
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Oklahoma taxpayers were sold a load of bull about parental choice tax credits
Tax credit “scholarships” are vouchers, and in state after state, the low-income kids are just used to get the bill passed, but as they grow, they are most used by higher income families. We are currently fighting another expansion of the Kansas tax credit “scholarship” which would get rid of...
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The Senate passed ANOTHER expansion of the tax credit “scholarship” program on Wednesday, February 19th, and while it was falsely claimed that opponents didn’t talk about students, they soundly rejected proposed amendments that would increase transparency and oversight over the program or ensure that the low-income students that were originally...
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We know some people are being told that tax credit “scholarships” are not vouchers, but As Josh Cowen explains, if it’s money that gets used for private school costs and you have to leave the public schools to use them, they’re vouchers. Not all vouchers are tax credit “scholarships,” (some...
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