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School vouchers were sold as a way for students from low-income families to escape under-performing schools. But investigations show that voucher programs actually serve a different group.
Lose Angeles (CNN) — Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program.
Part of the massive domestic policy bill currently moving through Congress known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” includes an unprecedented $5 billion national school voucher program. Republicans ...
North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship vouchers are being used by students already enrolled in private schools, not public schools. How much that costs state.
Buried within the bill is language that would create federal education private school vouchers and provide a tax dodge for the wealthy while eroding the public school system in favor of ...
An elementary school math teacher instructs a fifth grade class at a private school in Wheeling, W.Va. Costs are skyrocketing as states rapidly expand school voucher programs, which divert public ...
The state spent about $629 million on its four voucher programs during the 2024-2025 school year, according to the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials, which represents employees in ...
Federal school voucher plan aims to expand private school access nationwide. (AI Image) A major push is underway in Congress to establish the first national school voucher program in US history.
School choice backers praised House GOP leaders for weaving the federal voucher proposal into the budget reconciliation legislation, while acknowledging that the measure could change as it goes ...
The law will go into effect on Sept. 1, with the program expected to launch in late 2026. The law’s passage follows years of discord in the Legislature over school vouchers.