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Hosted on MSNSome Georgia lawmakers want to repeal school voucher program before first voucher is awardedMembers of the House Democratic Caucus announced a plan to repeal the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act on Monday. Rep. Floyd Griffin (D-Milledgeville) said his legislation, House Bill 436, would repeal Senate Bill 233,
Members of the House Democratic Caucus announced a plan to repeal the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act on Monday.
As the media focuses on Washington, D.C., state legislatures move measures to expand private school voucher programs, taking away dollars from neighborhood public schools.
The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.
Another Trumbull County school district is joining a lawsuit pushing back against a program many fear would harm public schools. The Liberty Board of Education unanimously approved entering the Vouchers Hurt Ohio litigation at its meeting Monday,
Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker Dustin Burrows predict a school voucher bill will pass through the Texas House, which last year blocked such a program.
Texas House and Senate propose differing school voucher plans; the House links vouchers to public school funding levels.
The proposed law, which now awaits Gov. Brad Little’s signature, would direct $50 million to students who do not attend public schools.
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Tennessee governor to sign new school voucher program that will exclude some immigrant familiesGov. Bill Lee will sign legislation designed to drastically expand school voucher access throughout the Volunteer State that will allow families to use taxpayer dollars on private school expenses rega
Public school advocates oppose any plan resembling school vouchers saying such programs drain resources from the campuses that educate more than 5 million children in Texas. Supporters of ESAs say families should get state funding for the educational settings that best fit their needs.
ATLANTA (AP) — Two months of recalculating made little difference in a list of Georgia’s lowest performing schools, meaning more than 400,000 students will have a chance to apply for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses.
Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student from state and local sources.
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