Vouchers are welfare for the wealthy. The myth of helping poor kids yields to the nightmare of using tax dollars to subsidize exclusionary religious private schools for wealthy and paying subprime voucher schools for the poor. “Once reserved for low-income students and those with disabilities, state scholarships, often called vouchers,...
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Vouchers Hurt Ohio (and every other state with them)
“Ohio is a state where families earning $60,000 a year are subsidizing the private school tuition of families earning $300,000 a year,” Dan Heintz, educator and school board member. https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-02-03/education/debate-intensifies-over-oh-school-vouchers-as-trump-advocates-expansion/a95010-1 Originally posted to Facebook 2/3/25....
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No comments Kansas Republicans push for massive school voucher tax credits. What about the budget?
We testified against SB 75 which turns opting kids out of public school into a new state tax giveaway with no strings attached. “But that doesn’t make S.B. 75 a good bill. Public schools are, as one opponent said, the “heart of Kansas communities.” Private school vouchers would weaken that...
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No comments New Date! Backpack Full of Cash Returns! Join us February 5th in Augusta!
Join us February 5th in Augusta! Learn about how vouchers harm students in this important film narrated by Matt Damon. This will start at 6:30 at the Augusta Historic Theater 523 State St, Augusta, KS 67010....
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