The Associated Press reports:
House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.
The proposal, part of a budget reconciliation bill released Monday, would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda of establishing “universal school choice” by providing families nationwide the option to give their children an education different from the one offered in their local public school.
“Giving parents the ability to choose the best education for their child makes the (American Dream) possible,” said Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who sponsored a similar proposal in the Senate.
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Tomorrow, the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means will be considering a legislative proposal that would redirect billions of taxpayer dollars away from public schools and create the first ever nationalized private school voucher system.
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