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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Tax credit “scholarships” are vouchers!
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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No comments Despite lofty promises, Louisiana’s private-school vouchers fall short
Vouchers don’t help poor kids-they hurt them, in Louisiana and everywhere else. As Diane Ravitch explains, “Remember the claim that vouchers would ‘save poor kids from failing public schools’? As we see in state after state, it’s not true. Josh Cowen wrote in his new book The Privateers that voucher...
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No comments Senate Action Alert
Voucher bills are headed to the floor of the Senate this week-contact your Senator and urge them to vote NO on SB 87 and SB 75. SB 87 is an expansion of the current tax credit “scholarship” voucher program that was further expanded in committee by Rep. Adam Thomas who...
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