HB 944, the school voucher (aka “opportunity scholarship”) became a part of the 2013-15 NC biennial budget. School vouchers are now the law in North Carolina. A $10 million line item for school vouchers seems small, on the scale of things. But once the law is on the books, there’s no telling how quickly the […]
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Vouchers Gain Ground, Public Education Loses in Final Budg...
Education reporter Lindsay Wagner of NC Policy Watch offers an excellent analysis of the impact of the biennial budget on public education. A key fact overlooked by some legislators who believe we are spending more on public education in the new budget: “…the 2014 fiscal year budget will spend $500 million less than the 2008 inflation-adjusted […]
Public Education, Private Profit? North Carolina Set To Expand Controversial Voucher Progr...
“But public school advocates argue that the voucher program and privatization of the public school system won’t have the positive impact on student achievement that voucher program advocates predict. Groups such as the Public Schools First NC stress that ‘the best investments for our children, our communities and North Carolina’s future is a strong, well-funded local public […]
New Hampshire Court Strikes Down Tax-Credit Aid to Religious Schoo...
New Hampshire believes in the separation of church and state. And on June 17th, the court found that their tax-credit program violated the NH Constitution. “A New Hampshire state court ruled today that a tuition tax-credit program violates the state constitution. The program was challenged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the […]