Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

U.S. states are adopting and expanding programs that use taxpayer money to pay for private schools even as their costs rise and budget pictures become more uncertain.

North Dakota Lawmakers Kill Expensive Voucher Bill

Legislators in North Dakota soundly rejected an attempt to provide private school discount coupons – school vouchers – to families already using private schools. The North Dakota Monitor reports: The North Dakota House overwhelmingly rejected an Education Savings Account bill Thursday night, a day after the governor vetoed a similar bill. House members voted 78-14 against Senate Bill 2400, which sought to provide private school vouchers plus Ed…

Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost - The Morning Sun

State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even as they try to figure out how to budget in a time of economic uncertainty. A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to the governor last week and a longshot push in Congress to expand vouchers nationally, including to states that have rejected them, are focusing attention on the issue…