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Govs must oppose Trump ‘vouchers’: labor
Teachers unions across the country are renewing their calls for governors to oppose opting into the federal tax credit for individuals who donate in support of scholarships for private school tuition, calling it a thinly veiled voucher program.
Hochul must opt-out
Gov. Kathy Hochul must opt-out of President Donald Trump’s scheme for private school vouchers, the UFT opines. The Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program would provide taxpayers in participating states with a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for donating...
Voucher botch in South Carolina
More than 1,200 of the roughly 3,000 South Carolina students who received school vouchers last school year later withdrew or were removed from the taxpayer-funded program due to eligibility concerns, according to state Department of Education data.
Vouchers hurt Florida schools
Two years after Florida expanded a law allowing tax dollars to fund private school scholarships, school districts across Florida are facing declining enrollment and the loss of millions of dollars in public funding as more families opt for state...
First religious charter school gets OK
An Oklahoma board approved the nation’s first religious charter school, agreeing to publicly fund a school where Catholic teachings will be incorporated into lessons throughout the day — and testing the constitutional bounds of taxpayer funding for...
Queens communities oppose Success co‑locations
An effort by Eva Moskowitz and her Success Academy corporate charter school chain to elbow their way into two school buildings in southeastern Queens has met with unprecedented community opposition.