School Choice II
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I guess if anyone could spot a potential grift, it would be a convicted fraudster.
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The funny thing is that the teachers unions who are so opposed to school choice, 57 doesn't see a conflict of interest there...
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https://heartlandernews.com/2024/01...titious-address-then-pretends-not-to-know-it/
A $30 anonomous donation - $1,000 fine
"Piper for Missouri must also turn over the offending $30 donation to the state, the order says."
y'all being hyperbolicly silly
A $30 anonomous donation - $1,000 fine
"Piper for Missouri must also turn over the offending $30 donation to the state, the order says."
y'all being hyperbolicly silly
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Tapate50
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Im dead
acesfull86
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We could photoshop her next to Jeffrey Epstein and litigate that, if you'd prefer
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https://www.edchoice.org/engage/educational-freedom-and-choice-hits-escape-velocity-end-of-session-wrap/
Here’s our end of session wrap-up, detailing which states expanded educational freedom and choice in 2023:
New Hampshire
NH Gov. Sununu signed HB 367 into law in June, expanding the eligibility of the state’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program to include students from families earning up to 350 percent of the federal poverty line (up from 300 percent). Now, any student from a family of four making up to approximately $105,000 annually may participate. The EFA program is an education savings account program offering participating families about $4,700 a year for qualifying educational expenses.
Ohio
In June, Ohio’s Senate passed a version of the budget incorporating SB 11, expanding eligibility for the Educational Choice Scholarship (voucher) program to universal eligibility. It was signed into law by Gov. DeWine on July 4, 2023. Participating K-8 students are eligible for up to a $5,500 voucher, and participating high school students are eligible for up to a $7,500 voucher.
Wisconsin
In June, Wisconsin Speaker of the House Robin Vos, and Governor Tony Evers, agreed to increase funding for the Parental Choice (Voucher) Program through the state budget, SB 330. Under the new structure, scholarships for K-8 students will increase to $9,499, and K-12 vouchers will expand up to $12,000 per student. Wisconsin’s voucher program will now offer families a 73% of public school per-student spending.
Kansas
In May, state budget bill SB 113 passed the legislature, and Gov. Laura Kelly signed it into law. This will expand the Tax Credit for Low-Income Students Scholarship Program student eligibility from 185% of Federal Poverty to 250% of Federal Poverty. The passed budget also increases the credit value donors receive for funding a student’s education from 70% to 75%.
South Carolina
SB 39 creates the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program, a $6,000 ESA for about 71 percent of South Carolina families. It was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster in May.
Montana
HB 393, legislation creating an ESA for students with disabilities, was signed into law in May by Gov. Greg Gianforte. The Montana Special Needs Equal Opportunity Education Savings Account Program will offer some 12% of Montana students accounts initially worth $6,000 for elementary student and $8,000 for high schoolers.
Nebraska
LB 753 passed the legislature in May and was signed into law by Gov. Jim Pillen. This creates the Opportunity Scholarships Act, a tax-credit scholarship program, and Nebraska’s first private choice program! Eligibility is the same qualifier for the National School Lunch Program, with priority given based on five needs-based tiers. Taxpayers could get a credit for the full amount donated or 50 percent of their income tax liability for that year. Scholarship recipients will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
Oklahoma
HB 1934 and HB 2775 are a package deal, creating a universal refundable tax credit for educational expenses. HB 1934 contains the portion regarding the refundable tax credit, and HB 2775 contains funding for public schools along with teacher pay raises. Both bills were signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt in May. The Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit provides parents of students in private school a refundable tax credit ranging from a minimum of $5,000 up to a maximum of $7,500 per child to cover the cost of private school tuition and fees, or parents of students in home school a refundable tax credit of $1,000 to cover the cost of unbundled educational expenses.
What makes the credit “refundable,” is if the credit exceeds the tax imposed by the government, the excess amount is refunded to the taxpayer (the parents)—similar to the Child Tax Credit, or Earned Income Tax Credit. In other words, if the cost of tuition or other allowable educational expenses exceeds what the parent owes the state in taxes, the parent can still receive up to the maximum allowable credit to offset those expenses.
Indiana
State budget bill HB 1001 passed the legislature, and Gov. Holcomb’s signed it into law. This will expand the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program’s student eligibility to near-universal! The passed budget raises the income threshold from 300 percent to 400 percent of the federal free and reduced-price lunch program income limits and eliminates the other pathways for eligibility, such as being a foster care student, being a student with special needs and being assigned to an “F”-graded public school. With this measure, student eligibility increases from 77 percent to 98 percent. Students receive an average voucher amount of $5,439.
Arkansas
In March, state legislators passed SB 294 (The Learns Act), which Gov. Sanders signed into law. This sweeping reform creates the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program—an education savings account (ESA). It would make all (presently almost a half million) students eligible by 2025. Initial ESAs will be valued at $6,614. This bill also increases teacher pay and raises the Philanthropic Investment in the Arkansas Kids Scholarship Program’s total tax credit cap, taking it from $2 million to $6 million with a 5 percent automatic escalator.
Florida
March went out like a lion as Gov. DeSantis signed the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program’s expansion and conversion into law. SB 202/HB 1 expanded Florida’s targeted voucher program into a universally eligible education savings account. The average account value for students is $7,612. With this bold act by the legislature and governor, Florida now offers broadly flexible educational choice to 2.7 million students.
Iowa
Late January, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds enacted HF 68, which created the Students First Act—an education savings account program. Eligibility starts at 300 percent of federal poverty level in 2023 then raises to 400 percent in 2024 then goes universal by 2025.
Utah
Gov. Spencer Cox signed SB 215 on January 28, 2023, creating the state’s first universal school choice program. The bill allows all K-12 Utah students to be eligible for an $8,000 education savings account through the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program beginning in the 2024–25 school year. Though the program is universally eligible, the initial budget cap of $42.5 million will allow a maximum of 5,312 students to participate in year one.
North Carolina
Lawmakers in September signed off on a budget for the state, which included an expansion of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships voucher program to universal eligibility. Gov. Roy Cooper allowed the program to be expanded without his signature. Voucher amounts are based on family income, and range from approximately $3,200 to $7,200.
Pennsylvania
HB 301 passed the legislature in December and was signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro. This expands the state’s tax credit scholarship programs—Educational Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarships Tax Credit—by $150 million
Here’s our end of session wrap-up, detailing which states expanded educational freedom and choice in 2023:
New Hampshire
NH Gov. Sununu signed HB 367 into law in June, expanding the eligibility of the state’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program to include students from families earning up to 350 percent of the federal poverty line (up from 300 percent). Now, any student from a family of four making up to approximately $105,000 annually may participate. The EFA program is an education savings account program offering participating families about $4,700 a year for qualifying educational expenses.
Ohio
In June, Ohio’s Senate passed a version of the budget incorporating SB 11, expanding eligibility for the Educational Choice Scholarship (voucher) program to universal eligibility. It was signed into law by Gov. DeWine on July 4, 2023. Participating K-8 students are eligible for up to a $5,500 voucher, and participating high school students are eligible for up to a $7,500 voucher.
Wisconsin
In June, Wisconsin Speaker of the House Robin Vos, and Governor Tony Evers, agreed to increase funding for the Parental Choice (Voucher) Program through the state budget, SB 330. Under the new structure, scholarships for K-8 students will increase to $9,499, and K-12 vouchers will expand up to $12,000 per student. Wisconsin’s voucher program will now offer families a 73% of public school per-student spending.
Kansas
In May, state budget bill SB 113 passed the legislature, and Gov. Laura Kelly signed it into law. This will expand the Tax Credit for Low-Income Students Scholarship Program student eligibility from 185% of Federal Poverty to 250% of Federal Poverty. The passed budget also increases the credit value donors receive for funding a student’s education from 70% to 75%.
South Carolina
SB 39 creates the South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program, a $6,000 ESA for about 71 percent of South Carolina families. It was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster in May.
Montana
HB 393, legislation creating an ESA for students with disabilities, was signed into law in May by Gov. Greg Gianforte. The Montana Special Needs Equal Opportunity Education Savings Account Program will offer some 12% of Montana students accounts initially worth $6,000 for elementary student and $8,000 for high schoolers.
Nebraska
LB 753 passed the legislature in May and was signed into law by Gov. Jim Pillen. This creates the Opportunity Scholarships Act, a tax-credit scholarship program, and Nebraska’s first private choice program! Eligibility is the same qualifier for the National School Lunch Program, with priority given based on five needs-based tiers. Taxpayers could get a credit for the full amount donated or 50 percent of their income tax liability for that year. Scholarship recipients will receive a $5,000 scholarship.
Oklahoma
HB 1934 and HB 2775 are a package deal, creating a universal refundable tax credit for educational expenses. HB 1934 contains the portion regarding the refundable tax credit, and HB 2775 contains funding for public schools along with teacher pay raises. Both bills were signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt in May. The Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit provides parents of students in private school a refundable tax credit ranging from a minimum of $5,000 up to a maximum of $7,500 per child to cover the cost of private school tuition and fees, or parents of students in home school a refundable tax credit of $1,000 to cover the cost of unbundled educational expenses.
What makes the credit “refundable,” is if the credit exceeds the tax imposed by the government, the excess amount is refunded to the taxpayer (the parents)—similar to the Child Tax Credit, or Earned Income Tax Credit. In other words, if the cost of tuition or other allowable educational expenses exceeds what the parent owes the state in taxes, the parent can still receive up to the maximum allowable credit to offset those expenses.
Indiana
State budget bill HB 1001 passed the legislature, and Gov. Holcomb’s signed it into law. This will expand the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program’s student eligibility to near-universal! The passed budget raises the income threshold from 300 percent to 400 percent of the federal free and reduced-price lunch program income limits and eliminates the other pathways for eligibility, such as being a foster care student, being a student with special needs and being assigned to an “F”-graded public school. With this measure, student eligibility increases from 77 percent to 98 percent. Students receive an average voucher amount of $5,439.
Arkansas
In March, state legislators passed SB 294 (The Learns Act), which Gov. Sanders signed into law. This sweeping reform creates the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program—an education savings account (ESA). It would make all (presently almost a half million) students eligible by 2025. Initial ESAs will be valued at $6,614. This bill also increases teacher pay and raises the Philanthropic Investment in the Arkansas Kids Scholarship Program’s total tax credit cap, taking it from $2 million to $6 million with a 5 percent automatic escalator.
Florida
March went out like a lion as Gov. DeSantis signed the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program’s expansion and conversion into law. SB 202/HB 1 expanded Florida’s targeted voucher program into a universally eligible education savings account. The average account value for students is $7,612. With this bold act by the legislature and governor, Florida now offers broadly flexible educational choice to 2.7 million students.
Iowa
Late January, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds enacted HF 68, which created the Students First Act—an education savings account program. Eligibility starts at 300 percent of federal poverty level in 2023 then raises to 400 percent in 2024 then goes universal by 2025.
Utah
Gov. Spencer Cox signed SB 215 on January 28, 2023, creating the state’s first universal school choice program. The bill allows all K-12 Utah students to be eligible for an $8,000 education savings account through the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program beginning in the 2024–25 school year. Though the program is universally eligible, the initial budget cap of $42.5 million will allow a maximum of 5,312 students to participate in year one.
North Carolina
Lawmakers in September signed off on a budget for the state, which included an expansion of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships voucher program to universal eligibility. Gov. Roy Cooper allowed the program to be expanded without his signature. Voucher amounts are based on family income, and range from approximately $3,200 to $7,200.
Pennsylvania
HB 301 passed the legislature in December and was signed into law by Gov. Josh Shapiro. This expands the state’s tax credit scholarship programs—Educational Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarships Tax Credit—by $150 million
sturg33
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Amazing momentum here. And home school on the rise too. If we can destroy the public education and college education system, there may be hope still
Tapate50
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acesfull86
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/milwaukee-public-schools-reportedly-distributes-de-center-whiteness-memo-teachers.amp
Milwaukee Public Schools is apparently working to "de-center" and "dismantle" Whiteness in the classroom.
The Young America’s Foundation published an exclusive report on a 33-page memo titled "Educational Community and District Climate" from the school district that is meant to explain the "best practices addressing discipline disproportionality through a positive educational community." A significant approach in the memo discussed "anti-racism" with a note on "Understanding Whiteness."
"Whiteness is everywhere around us. Educational practices have been rooted in Whiteness and coming from a lens of Whiteness for years. Educators should reflect on which elements of Whiteness they see in education, which they participate in, and which elements they can work to dismantle," the memo read.
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De-center public schools
Milwaukee Public Schools is apparently working to "de-center" and "dismantle" Whiteness in the classroom.
The Young America’s Foundation published an exclusive report on a 33-page memo titled "Educational Community and District Climate" from the school district that is meant to explain the "best practices addressing discipline disproportionality through a positive educational community." A significant approach in the memo discussed "anti-racism" with a note on "Understanding Whiteness."
"Whiteness is everywhere around us. Educational practices have been rooted in Whiteness and coming from a lens of Whiteness for years. Educators should reflect on which elements of Whiteness they see in education, which they participate in, and which elements they can work to dismantle," the memo read.
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De-center public schools
Tapate50
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acesfull86
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acesfull86
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https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/31/school-choice-keeps-spreading/
In just three years, the number of states with universal or near-universal private school choice programs has grown from zero to 10, and the number of students eligible for these programs has increased by 60%. According to the latest ABCs of School Choice – EdChoice’s comprehensive report about all matters pertaining to educational freedom—32 states (plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico) are using school choice as of 2023. Additionally, policymakers in 40 states debated 111 educational choice bills last year alone. Overall, approximately 20 million students—or 36% of all kids—are now eligible for some kind of private-choice program.
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Winning issue.
In just three years, the number of states with universal or near-universal private school choice programs has grown from zero to 10, and the number of students eligible for these programs has increased by 60%. According to the latest ABCs of School Choice – EdChoice’s comprehensive report about all matters pertaining to educational freedom—32 states (plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico) are using school choice as of 2023. Additionally, policymakers in 40 states debated 111 educational choice bills last year alone. Overall, approximately 20 million students—or 36% of all kids—are now eligible for some kind of private-choice program.
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Winning issue.
acesfull86
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Crazy that the Babylon Bee still exists in a world where this is an actual headline
Crazy that the Babylon Bee still exists in a world where this is an actual headline
acesfull86
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https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/03/san-francisco-woke-kindergarten-california/
Woke Kindergarten is founded on the idea of abolitionist education, Zeus Leonardo, a University of California Berkeley education professor, told the Chronicle. The idea is to make “politics part of the framework of teaching,” Leonardo told the Chronicle.
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One teacher, Tiger Craven-Neeley, said he supports talking about racism in the classroom but was confused about one of the objectives set by the training to “disrupt whiteness” in the school, according to the Chronicle. He also questioned a trainer who used the phrase “so-called United States.”
Questioning the idea of “disrupting whiteness” got Craven-Neeley temporarily banned from training sessions, he told the Chronicle.
“What does that mean?” Craven-Neeley told the Chronicle. “I just want to know, what does that mean for a third-grade classroom?”
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English and math scores at the school hit new lows in spring of 2023, with less than 4% of students proficient in math and slightly under 12% scoring at grade level in English, which was nearly a 4-percentage-point drop in each category, according to the Chronicle.
District officials defended the program when questioned and said it had increased attendance and decreased suspension rates, according to the Chronicle. The officials also said that the school was no longer on the state watch list, but the school is actually still on the list and had dropped even further.
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When even the fellow named “Tiger Craven-Neeley” thinks you’ve gone too far, you’ve gone too far.
acesfull86
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https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/school-choice-emerges-as-key-issue-for-texas-gop-primary-voters-poll-shows-texas-republican-greg-abbott-voucher-funding-education-savings-account-crisis-in-the-classroom
AUSTIN, Texas (CITC) — The decision by some Texas Republicans not to support school choice may come back to haunt them in the state's primaries, according to a new poll.
The poll released Tuesday by the University of Houston found that 60% of Republican primary voters are less likely to back incumbents who voted against school choice legislation in 2023. Only 16% indicated they would be more likely to support such a candidate.
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While lawmakers appear to be split, polling shows Texas families largely agree with expanding education options. Implementing education savings accounts is supported by 74% of Texas parents with school-aged children, according to EdChoice's public opinion tracker. Meanwhile, school voucher programs are favored by 71% of the same parents, and 70% support charter schools.
The data aligns with parent demands nationwide, as a July poll showed 71% of registered voters back school choice measures. The same poll found increased support from all major political parties, more than 65% of registered Democrats, Republicans and Independents indicating their approval.
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Hopefully Texas primary voters whack the holdouts from last year and get choice across the finish line
AUSTIN, Texas (CITC) — The decision by some Texas Republicans not to support school choice may come back to haunt them in the state's primaries, according to a new poll.
The poll released Tuesday by the University of Houston found that 60% of Republican primary voters are less likely to back incumbents who voted against school choice legislation in 2023. Only 16% indicated they would be more likely to support such a candidate.
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While lawmakers appear to be split, polling shows Texas families largely agree with expanding education options. Implementing education savings accounts is supported by 74% of Texas parents with school-aged children, according to EdChoice's public opinion tracker. Meanwhile, school voucher programs are favored by 71% of the same parents, and 70% support charter schools.
The data aligns with parent demands nationwide, as a July poll showed 71% of registered voters back school choice measures. The same poll found increased support from all major political parties, more than 65% of registered Democrats, Republicans and Independents indicating their approval.
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Hopefully Texas primary voters whack the holdouts from last year and get choice across the finish line