Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.

Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families. - Northwest Public Broadcasting

(Illustration by Shoshana Gordon / ProPublica. Source images: Laboko via Getty Images, U.S. Treasury via Wikimedia Commons) Read By Audrey Dutton, ProPublicaThis story was originally published by ProPublica.Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for lapt…

Idaho gave families $50M for private schools — and scrapped $30M used for public education

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational expenses. The Republican …

Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.

A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most prominent conservative group says it should be.