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Miami Times: Florida’s school choice program offers universal vouchers but cannot show systemwide academic improvement
Houston Chronical: Texas promised children with disabilities up to $30K vouchers. Fewer than 30 got the full amount.
Raleigh News & Observer: NC public schools lost money due to vouchers. How lawmakers are responding

JULY 2026

ProPublica: Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
AZ Central: As AZ's school voucher program grew, so did fraud, oversight concerns
The Salt Lake Tribune: ‘Wasteful and extravagant’: Here’s what Utah auditors found digging into the first year of school voucher spending
Washington Examiner: Trump’s school choice program is a bailout for families who don’t need one

WBT Charlotte: US Treasury previews rules for new school-choice tax credit
K-12 Dive: Some states reconsider private school voucher investments
WSIU Illinois: Illinois educators urge Pritzker to reject federal school voucher program
CT News Junkies: CT Teachers Union Heads Join 32 Others Opposing Private School Vouchers

June 2026

AP News: The school choice scholarship boom benefits kids already in private school
EducationWeek: How Can Public Schools Participate in Trump’s Federal Choice Program?
Statehouse News Bureau: Lawsuit over Ohio's EdChoice voucher program goes to appeals court
Civic Media: Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore introduces bill to repeal federal school voucher tax credit
CBS 17 News NC: State Auditor launches audit of North Carolina’s school voucher program

The 74Million: Wyoming Supreme Court Ends Block on Public Money for Private Education
Shaw Local IL: School choice option at standstill as legislators weigh benefits, political fallout

MAY 2026

New York Times: School Choice is Creating Two Separate School Systems
WUSF Florida: Why Florida's teachers union sued over the state's universal school vouchers
Arizona Mirror: Audit finds Arizona’s universal school voucher oversight is ‘haphazard,’ riddled with gaps

Spectrum Local News TX: A look at the more than 230,000 applications for Texas' school voucher program
Texas Observer: School Vouchers Are What We Thought They Were
Minnesota Star Tribune: Counterpoint | Private schools turn some kids away. Why would we send them public dollars?

April 2026

News 12 Arizona: Arizona is cutting food stamps for the poor, while school voucher costs skyrocket amid questionable luxury purchases
Wisconsin Public Radio: Gov Evers vetoes bill to join federal tax credit program, citing concerns over expansion of school vouchers

The 74Million: Muslim Parent Sues Texas Over Exclusion of Islamic Private Schools in Voucher Program
KLTV East Texas: Texas school voucher deadline looms as families of disabled students face extra hurdles
KSAT San Antonio: ‘It’s frustrating’: IEP delays threaten $30K in school voucher funds for families

MARCH 2026

The Washington Post: Islamic schools excluded from Texas’s $1 billion voucher program
K-12 Dive: Judge orders Texas to open school choice program to Islamic schools
News 12 Arizona: Arizona school voucher funds used for Broadway show tickets, concerts and trips, records obtained by 12News show
Chalkbeat: More American students are attending private school. Why do so few take NAEP?

Click2Houston: Texas school voucher program raises concerns over public school funding

February 2026

EducationWeek: Where Private School Choice Enrollment—and Spending—Is Surging
EducationWeek: Federal Program Will Bring Private School Choice to At Least 4 New States

Politico: Florida’s school choice headache: Millions of unused dollars
K-12 Dive: Private school choice could ‘undermine’ special education gains, COPAA says
Cleveland.com: Ohio created America’s biggest school voucher program (a billion bucks!) without asking voters

January 2026

The 74Million: As School Choice Tax Credit Goes National, the Battle over Regulation Begins
Dallas Observer: Texas School Vouchers Launch, but Costs, Access and Religion Limit Families’ Freedom
WLRN Florida (NPR): As lawmakers fix Florida's school voucher system, educators, students cope with financial fallout

The Washington Post: How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers
AP News: Lawsuit claims Tennessee’s new school voucher program violates the state constitution
West Palm CW 34: School voucher roll-out faces multitude of issues

DECEMBER 2025

ProPublica: School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget
Spectrum News 13: Audit finds Florida school vouchers program can't fully account for $270 million
WLRN Florida (NPR Affiliate): Private school vouchers in Florida redirecting funding away from public schools

K-12 Dive: Private school choice jumps 25% in one year
Fox 10 Phoenix: AZ school voucher expansion draws fire over fraud allegations, cost concerns
The Salt Lake Tribune: Here’s how much Utah’s controversial school voucher program is spending in its second year
Politico: New audit exposes accountability faults in Florida's massive school choice program

NOVEMBER 2025

News 12 Arizona: ESA parents bought diamond rings, lingerie, and Kenmore appliances with education tax dollars
Chalkbeat: Universal vouchers have public schools worried about something new: market share
ABC News: Tax credit for school choice emerges as latest battlefront shaping the education landscape around US

The Tennessean: TN denied 11K income-limited school voucher applications, granting 10K with no income cap
WREG Tennessee: In Memphis, more private school vouchers going to affluent areas
Missouri Independent: Nearly all state funding for Missouri school vouchers used for religious schools
WLRN Florida: Florida rapidly expanded publicly-funded school vouchers. Two years later, students are lost in the mix
Arkansas Times: Out-of-staters misrepresent Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization

october 2025

Arkansas Times: Report: 88% of last year’s Ark. voucher recipients didn’t come from public schools
North Texas Daily: Voucher program will cause harm to already struggling education system
US News & World Report: School Vouchers Cost States Like Florida a Fortune. They Don’t Improve Education, Either.
EducationWeek: Private School Choice Gets Supercharged in Trump’s 2nd Term
Brookings: Three waves of school vouchers: A history of expansion and exclusion

Idaho Statesman: Idaho groups sue to stop taxpayer money from going to private schools
WLRN Florida: Florida rapidly expanded publicly-funded school vouchers. Two years later, students are lost in the mix
AL.com: Is school choice fair? School board member wants to fight Alabama’s CHOOSE Act in court

SEPTEMBER 2025

The 74Million: How Private School Choice Threatens the Bedrock of Our Democracy
10 News Tennessee: Taxpayers, lawmakers await answers on who is receiving school vouchers in Tennessee
Boise State Public Radio: Public school advocates sue to block private school subsidy law
The Assembly NC: Stein Vetoes Bill Opting into Federal School Vouchers

The 74Million: Teachers Union Lawsuits in 5 States Challenge Private School Vouchers
Texas Monthly: Are Vouchers the Beginning of the End for Rural Public Schools?
The Economic Times: Texas private schools show nepotism, self-dealing before $1 billion voucher program launch

AUGUST 2025

New 12 Arizona: ESA parents bought diamond rings, lingerie, and Kenmore appliances with education tax dollars
The Guardian: Ohio requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride
Chalkbeat: Tennessee to give more average per-pupil funding to voucher participants than public school students
The Salt Lake Tribune: What’s next for Utah’s school voucher program after judge declared it unconstitutional? Here’s what we know so far.

School News Network: Approved federal voucher program is scaled back version of original plan

July 2025

K-12 Dive: 3 things to know about school choice in the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
PBS: How a ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ provision could accelerate a shift toward private education

WRAL News NC: Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows
The 74Million: Red States’ School Vouchers Mark Biggest Shift in U.S. Education in a Century
Payson Roundup: Study: Private school vouchers cost state $350 million annually
The Wall Street Journal: The Tax Bill Would Deliver a Big Win for Private Schools—and Investors

June 2025

CNN: Trump’s big bill includes an ‘unprecedented’ tax credit for a national school voucher program. Here’s how it would work
NPR’s Consider This Podcast: Do private school voucher programs work?
NPR: 9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill
Forbes: Who Benefits From School Vouchers?

ABC News 8 NC: New Report—North Carolina Charter Schools: Undermining Quality Education for All
Stateline: Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets

MAY 2025

AP News: House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers
NBC News 12 AZ: 12News I-Team finds Arizona's $1 billion voucher experiment hurting high-performing public districts and charter schools
WESH 2 Orlando: Why Florida school vouchers can pay for Disney tickets, TVs while draining billions from public schools

San Antonio Current: New poll shows most Texans oppose school vouchers, even if described as 'school choice'

April 2025

AP News: Most of the families applying for Alabama’s new school vouchers have kids in non-public schools
Newsweek: School Vouchers Promise Better Education—This Report Raises Doubts

March 2025

CBS Austin: Texas House school vouchers bill would cost $10 billion by 2030, analysis finds
Arkansas Times: Arkansas’s school voucher application asked if parents were seeking ‘a different racial mix of students’

The 74Million: GOP’s Push for School Choice Sees Pushback from Unlikely Crowd: Homeschoolers
Washington Post: GOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schools
Texas Observer: Marathon Hearing on School Vouchers Features Intense Bipartisan Opposition

NOLA.com: Despite lofty promises, Louisiana’s private-school vouchers fall short
Fox 7 Austin: Elon Musk, Ted Cruz call for Texas House to pass school choice bill
Cleveland.com: DeWine’s budget cuts $103M from Ohio school districts, as costs explode for charters and vouchers. See if your district gets cut.

February 2025

Slate: Will the Supreme Court Force Taxpayers to Pay for Catholic Schooling?
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Florida’s supercharged voucher program sends millions to wealthy families, pricey private schools
New Hampshire NPR: How New Hampshire families are spending their Education Freedom Account dollars

WZTV Nashville: TCAP scores show Tenn. ESA schools underperforming in proficiency to public schools
Idaho Ed News: School voucher sticker shock: sold to Arizona taxpayers for $33 million with an $800 million cost

january 2025

ProPublica: Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.

Idaho Statesman: Idaho’s voucher scheme: Rural kids could suffer the brunt of education privatization | Opinion
Arkansas Times: School vouchers: A budget-busting bait and switch

The 74Million: Amid Explosion of School Choice, Report Spotlights the Marginalized Families Left Behind
Forbes: What Is In The Federal School Voucher Bill

DECEMBER 2024

The 74Million: School Choice for Some But Not for All?
EducationWeek: No, the U.S. Ed. Dept. Won’t Be Abolished. But Here’s What’s Likely to Happen Instead

EducationWeek: What a National School Choice Program Under President Trump Might Look Like
The 74Million: School Choice May Get Its Biggest Moment Yet

November 2024

ProPublica: Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters
ProPublica: Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ABC News: Dismantling the Department of Education? Trump's plan for schools in his second term

EducationWeek: Private School Choice: What the Research Says
Politico: School vouchers and choice face a ‘monumental’ 2024 election

October 2024

The American Prospect: Breaking the Public Schools
The 74 Million: School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions

The Daily News: Gov. Cooper urging residents in ENC, to speak up against private school voucher funding
Chalkbeat: Vouchers nearly universal at half of Indiana private schools that take them, data shows

SEPTEMBER 2024

Associated Press (AP): Court won’t allow public money to be spent on private schools in South Carolina
AZ Central: Report- School Voucher Recipients Amass 360 Million in Unspent Funds

Brookings: The new and radical school voucher push is quietly unwinding two centuries of U.S. education tradition

August 2024

Cleveland.com: Private school vouchers: Scholarships last school year cost Ohio $966.2 million – and counting

AP News: Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say

July 2024

Pro Publica: School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
K-12 Dive: Private school choice enrollment exceeds 1M students for first time

JUNE 2024

Brookings Edu: Be wary of what you read in the school voucher debate

Tucson Sentinel: Major cuts to roads, adult education, but not school vouchers in proposed Arizona state budget
The Ohio Newsroom: School voucher use has surged in Ohio. But private school enrollment isn’t rising with it
CNN Politics: Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US

WFYI Indianapolis: Indiana private school vouchers hit record with 70,000 students, nearly half-billion dollar cost
WOSU Ohio: School voucher use has exploded. Some Ohio families can't take part
The Nation: Why “Fund Students, Not Systems” Is a Recipe for Disaster

Arkansas Times: Most Voucher Students Are Not Coming From Public Schools
ABC 9 Iowa: Princeton Study: Private School Tuition Rises After State Voucher Rollout
NC Newsline: School Voucher Changes Will Benefit North Carolina’s Wealthiest Households
Albert Shanker Institute: How Do Vouchers Defund Public Schools? Four Warnings and One Big Takeaway

may 2024

WFYI Indianapolis NPR: Indiana Private School Vouchers Hit Record With 70,000 Students, Nearly Half-Billion Dollar Cost
Southern Spaces: Separate and Unequal Schools: The Past is Future
The New Republic: Pennsylvania Taxpayers Are Funding Discriminatory Religious Schools
ProPublica: Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With its Divided Schools.
Economic Policy Institute: Vouchers Undermine Efforts to Provide Excellent Public Education for All

News 5 Nashville: ‘We’re Trying to Throw the Whole Freaking System in the Trash,’ School Voucher Sponsor Says
NBC 12 News Phoenix: 'They've Been Coached': Parents of Private School Kids Are Using Public School Resources to Get Special Needs Assessments for Their Children
Forbes: School Vouchers Have a Transparency Problem

april 2024

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa City Schools Losing $1.3 Million in Revenue Because of Private School Vouchers
Chalkbeat IN: Indianapolis Charter School Seeks to Go Private So it Can Accept Vouchers
Axios Houston: Majority of Texans Don’t Want School Vouchers, Survey Shows

march 2024

NBC 12 News: ‘Ripe for Abuse’: Ghost Children, Fake Birth Certificates Part of Alleged ESA Fraud; 5 Indicted
Associated Press: Voucher Expansion Leads to More Students, Waitlists and Classes for Some Religious Schools
The74: Failed West Virginia Micr0school Fuels State Probe—and Some Soul Searching
Cleveland.com: The Facts Are in. Instead of Promoting Choice, Much of the Nearly $400 million for Expanded Ohio School Vouchers Went to Those Already Attending Private Schools
Ohio Capital Journal: More Than 91,000 Have Applied for Ohio Private School Voucher Expansion
Cleveland.com: Private School Vouchers: Scholarships Blow Past Estimates as State Spending Nears $1 Billion

Stateline: School Voucher Proponents Spend Big to Overcome Rural Resistance
Hechinger Report: The School Choice Plan That is Controversial, Even in Texas
AZ Mirror: Former Education Dept. Staffers Indicted for Defrauding the State Voucher Program
Cleveland.com: Fleeing Troubled Public Schools? Ohio Voucher Data Shows Many Families Already Enrolled in Private Schools
Hechinger Report: TikTok Billionaire Spends Millions on Texas Candidates Supporting School Voucher Efforts
Truthout: Billionaires Yass and DeVos Are On a Crusade to Destroy US Public Schools
WyoFile: ‘Education Savings Accounts’ Invite Government Into the Church

february 2024

PA Capital Star: School Vouchers Are a Bad Idea, and Pennsylvania Should Learn From Other States’ Cautionary Tales
The Nation: In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch is Coming Due
Cincinnati Enquirer: As Ohio’s Private School Vouchers Swell,
Who is Benefitting?
The Hechinger Report: Parent Voice: They Call it ‘School Choice,’ But You May Not End Up With Much of a Choice at All
Newsweek: Pastor Who Defended Rapists Got Millions to Run Private Schools
Palm Beach Post: PBC Kids Attending Private Schools With Taxpayer-funded Vouchers Doubled This Year. Why?

Chalkbeat Chicago: Report: Illinois Public School Students Outperformed Tax-credit Scholarship Students on State Standardized Tests
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missing Computers, Overpriced Toys: Rocky Rollout for Missouri’s Grant Program for Students
USA Today: Welcome to the GOP's New Education Agenda: Loot Our Public Schools for Private Vouchers
Forbes: How Much Are Universal Voucher Programs Costing Arizona?
Des Moines Register: These Maps Show the Impact of Educational Savings Accounts on Iowa’s Public Schools
Cleveland.com: Private School Vouchers: Program Balloons From 24,000 to 82,000 Students – and Counting – After Legislative Expansion

JANUARY 2024

EdWeek: As Private School Choice Grows, Critics Push for More Guardrails
12 News NBC Phoenix: Do Arizona School Vouchers Save Taxpayer Dollars? Here's What an Independent Researcher Says.
AZ Mirror: Arizona’s School Vouchers are Helping the Wealthy and Are Widening Educational Opportunity Gaps
Sioux City Journal: Two-Thirds of Iowa Students Receiving New Private School Scholarships Already Attended Private School, State Figures Show

ProPublica: Private Schools, Public Money: School Leaders Are Pushing Parents to Exploit Voucher Programs
Counterpunch: Dark Money Vouchers Are Having a Moment
Associated Press: Arizona Lawmakers Face Big Deficit Due Mostly to Massive Tax Cut and School Voucher Expansion
ABC 15 Arizona: More Than Half of ESA Students Come From High-Income Zip Codes
Tennessee Lookout: Education Commissioner Says Voucher Students Fared Poorly on State Test

december 2023

WATE ABC 6: ‘The Future Looks Grim’: Parent Concerned About School Vouchers’ Effect on Special Needs Students
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: New Report Details ‘Discriminatory’ Policies at Pennsylvania Religious, Private Schools
The Washington Spectator: Dark Money Vouchers Are Having A Moment
West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy: Hope Scholarship Reduces Resources for Public Schools, Lacks Necessary Oversight
WVLT CBS 8: Catholic Schools Finding Positives in Gov. Bill Lee’s Voucher Programs

WBIR Channel 10: School Vouchers Raise Concerns in Rural Communities

Wisconsin Examiner: Former HOPE Christian School Employees Discuss Concerns About Staffing, Safety
KCRG ABC 9: Iowa Mom Says School Vouchers Don’t Offset Tuition Increases
The Tennessean: As an Education Researcher, the Data Show School Vouchers Would Harm Tennessee Students
KCRG ABC 9: What Happens to ESA Funds for Students Who Leave Private School?

november 2023

AZ Central: Arizona Businesses Hope to Capitalize on School Voucher Expansion. Here’s How.
The Tennessean: Families Tout Voucher Success as Test Scores Spark Doubt and Critics Worry Over Expansion
San Antonio Express-News: Editorial: The Only Choice on Texas School Vouchers is to Reject Them
AZ Public Media: Dept. of Education Still Lacks Data on School Voucher Program
Texas Tribune: ‘Our Public School System is Our Town’: Why This Rural Republican is Voting Against School Vouchers
Politico: GOP States Are Embracing Vouchers. Wealthy Parents Are Benefitting.
The Hechinger Report: Arizona Gave Families Public Money for Private Schools. Then Private Schools Raised Tuition.
The Tennesseean: School Board Members Across Tennessee Condemn Voucher Expansion

Dallas Observer: Critics Warn Passing School Vouchers in Texas Will Revive Segregated Schools
Oklahoma Watch: State Spending $4 Million to Set Up Private School Tax Credit Program
Las Vegas Sun: Private School Vouchers Violate Obligation to Public Education
Chalkbeat: Record Number of Indiana Students Using Private School Vouchers This Year After Expansion
Fox Austin: Disability Rights Advocates Speak Out Against School Vouchers
Tennessee Lookout: 84% of Schools Approved as Part of Tennessee’s School Voucher Program Are Religiously Affiliated
Arkansas Times: Christian Private School Promoted by Education Department Does Not Allow LGBT Students
The Daily Beast: Segregation Academies Show Us the Ugly Side of Vouchers
WOSU 89.7 NPR News: Ohio Spends $15 Million More than Estimated on Expanded School Voucher Program

October 2023

EdWeek: Most Students Getting New School Choice Funds Aren’t Ditching Public Schools
Little Rock Public Radio: Arkansas Education Officials Release First Annual School Voucher Report
Arizona Capitol Times: State Spending More Money for Vouchers This Budget Year Than Was Reserved Through June
Texas Observer: Abbott’s Voucher Fight Isn’t About Kids. It’s About Money, Politics, and Religion.
Arkansas Times: Dept. of Ed Lowers Disability Standards for Vouchers, Lets Private School Families Cut in Line
Ideastream Public Media: Ohio Commits to Nearly $240 Million for EdChoice Voucher Expansion, and More Might Be Needed
Arkansas Times: Most LEARNS Voucher Students Attend Schools With Tuition Higher Than Voucher Amount

ABC 15: Arizona Empowerment Scholarships: What $304 Million Bought
Arkansas Times: Conservative Group’s Own Polling Shows Sinking Support for LEARNS and Lawmakers
Arizona Daily Star: Arizona Faces $400 Million Deficit as Tax Cuts Kick in, Voucher Demand Grows
Wisconsin Examiner: Test Scores for ‘Recovering’ Wisconsin Public Schools Far Outpace Voucher Schools
The Republic: Time for Schools Taking Vouchers to Open the Books
Texas Tribune: Facing Enrollment Declines, Texas Catholic Schools Are Leading Supporters of School Vouchers
Orlando Sentinel: Parents Get Angry As Florida Voucher System Struggles to Keep Up

september 2023

Arkansas Times: Arkansas LEARNS is Designed to Make Rich Parents Richer
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: School Vouchers in Pennsylvania Would Violate the Principles of ‘Public’ Education
WFSU Public Media: School Voucher Delays Are Frustrating Florida Families and Private Schools
CBS 19: East Texas Faith Leaders Oppose School Choice
Fox 4: Texas School Leaders Band Together to Call for Lawmakers to Fully Fund Public Education

Tampa Bay Times: Florida School Vouchers Can Pay for TVs, Kayaks and Theme Parks. Is That OK?
Orlando Sentinel: Report Reveals 123,000 New Students Taking Florida School Vouchers
AZ Mirror: Parents Want Answers on How ESA Money is Spent
AZ Central: Arizona School Voucher Oversight Committee Earns an ‘F’ in Oversight
KCEN NBC News: School Voucher Programs Could Put Financial Strain on Small School Districts

august 2023

Education Week: As Many More States Enact Education Savings Accounts, Implementation Challenges Abound
WFAE Charlotte Public Radio: Charlotte’s Elusive Voucher School: Some Answers and Lingering Questions
Asheville Citizen Times: Buncombe County, Asheville School Speak Out Against Voucher Bill: ‘It’s a Giveaway’
ABC First Coast News: Florida Voucher Program Leaves $17 Million Gap in School Funding
Ideastream Public Media: Private School Vouchers Now Higher Than State Funding Many Ohio Public Schools Get Per Student
The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Voucher Program Awards More Than Allowed for Private School Tuition and Overspends on Other Costs, Review Finds

Brookings: Research on School Vouchers Suggests Concerns Ahead for Education Savings Accounts
The Washington Post: House GOP Diverts Funds for D.C. Public Schools to D.C. Voucher Program
WANE CBS: ‘We’re Under Attack’: Public School Officials Alarmed Over Rise of School Vouchers that Will Have Biggest Year Ever
Des Moines Register: Which Districts Will Be Hit the Most by Private-School Scholarships? This Map Gives a Clue
AZ Mirror: Universal ESA Vouchers: Arizona’s $1 Billion Failed Experiment
ABC News 5 Cleveland: Every Ohio Family Can Now Get a Private School Voucher
Iowa Starting Line: What Private Schools Get Wrong About Iowa’s School Vouchers

july 2023

NBC 12 News: 'Never Designed to Protect the Data of the Students': Arizona Homeland Security Agency Investigating School Voucher Transaction Data Breach
The 74: Indiana’s School Choice Program Grew 20% Last Year
KYMA News: AZ Office of the Governor Shares Memo on Private School Voucher Program
Public Schools First NC: How NC Tax Dollars Are Used to Discriminate Against Students and Families

Arizona Republic: Attorney General: Arizona Families Using School Voucher Funds Give Up Legal Protections
Tallahassee Democrat: Record Number of Florida Student Cash in on Private School Vouchers; Could Cost $2.5 Billion
Breaking Points: Does School Choice Harm or Help US Education?
The New York Times: $7,200 Per Student: Arizona’s Ultimate Experiment in School Choice

june 2023

The Frontier: Audit Finds Special Interest Groups Gave Oklahoma Private Schools First-Dibs on Federal Relief Money While Rejecting Poor Kids
Oklahoma KFOR: Audit: Stay In School Program Benefitted Wealthier Families and Gave Preferential Treatment to Five Schools
Ohio WKSU: School Vouchers Now Going to More Wealthy, Private School Students, Study Says

The Mesa Tribune: School Voucher Costs Skyrocketing for Taxpayers
NC Justice Center: New Analysis Shows Many Private Schools in NC Have More Vouchers Than Students
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: State Lawmakers Are Draining Public Revenues With Private School Vouchers

Texas Public Radio: Texas Almost Approved a School Voucher Program in the 1950s — to Avoid Desegregation
Axios: Iowa’s Private Schools Dash for Public Cash

May 2023

Tampa Bay Times: Florida’s New Voucher Law Allows Private Schools to Boost Revenue
Wisconsin Watch: False Choice: Wisconsin Taxpayers Support Schools That Can Discriminate

april 2023

The New York Times: A Well of Conservative Support for Public Schools in Rural Texas
Time: How School Voucher Programs Hurt Students
Payson Roundup: Private School Voucher Use Explodes

NCPE Letter: Opposing Private School Vouchers for House Subcommittee Hearing on “School Choice”
Orlando Sentinel: Florida Education Agency Delays Then Seeks $10,414 for Crucial School Voucher Records
USA Today: Florida Just Expanded Private School Vouchers - Again. Here’s What it Could Mean for Public Education.

march 2023

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Tax Avoidance Continues to Fuel School Privatization Efforts
Houston Public Media: Many Texas Special Ed Parents Fear School Vouchers Because ‘Private Schools Don’t Have to Play’

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Policymakers Should Reject K-12 School Voucher Plans
Idaho Statesman: Many Rural Idaho Counties Don’t Have Private Schools. What Vouchers Would Mean for Them.

February 2023

IndyPolitics: Top Indiana Senator Rebukes Voucher School Program in New Letter
Texas Public Radio: Untangling Facts from Spin: The Financial Impact of School Vouchers and ESAs on Texas
Texas Tribune: In Audio, High-Ranking Texas Official Admits Public School Funds Could Drop With Voucher-Like Programs
Alternet: School Choice Nightmare: Vouchers Are Endangering the Rights of Families

Forbes: How School Voucher Laws Protect Discrimination
The Oklahoman: Behind the ‘Grassroots’ Movement for Oklahoma School Vouchers
Arizona Republic: ‘I Felt Very Unsafe’: Gay Fathers Confronted at Arizona Religious School Accepting Vouchers

January 2023

Tallahassee Democrat: Republican-led Voucher Expansion Could Steer $2.4 Billion From Florida Public Schools

november 2022

NBC News: Texas Politicians Rake in Millions From Far-right Christian Megadonors Pushing Private School Vouchers

Forbes: Arizona Now Has A Universal School Voucher Program. Who Really Benefits From it?
Detroit Free Press: School Vouchers Won’t Get Your Kid an Elite Education

july 2022

The Hechinger Report: Opinion, Professor Joshua Cowen, Michigan State University College of Education: After Two Decades of Studying Voucher Programs, I’m Now Firmly Opposed to Them

June 2022

NCPE Statement: Denouncing Carson v. Makin Decision

may 2022

The Frontier: Investigation Finds Fraud & Abuse in Oklahoma’s Pandemic Voucher Program

NCPE Letter: Opposing Funding for Private School Vouchers in FY 2023 Appropriations

July 2021

Washington Post: Letter to the Editor from NCPE: Private School Vouchers Hurt D.C. Students

June 2021

NC Policy Watch: New Duke University Study: Big, Unresolved Problems Continue to Plague NC’s School Voucher Program

May 2021

Washington Monthly: Trump’s Expansion of 529 Savings Plans Is One Pricey Idea
NCPE Letter: Opposing Funding for Private School Vouchers in FY 2022 Appropriations

Education Next: School Choice and “The Truly Disadvantaged”

April 2021

Indiana Coalition for Public Education: Every Indiana Public School Is Losing Money Because of Vouchers

January 2021

NCPE Toolkit: Opposing Private School Vouchers: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

august 2020

New Republic: Betsy DeVos’s Plot to Enrich Private Schools Amid the Pandemic

Washington v DeVos Decision: Western District of Washington issues a preliminary injunction that prevents the Dept of Education from implementing or enforcing the provisions in the April 30 Equitable Services Guidance and the Interim Final Rule.

June 2020

NCPE Statement: Denouncing Ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue Case

May 2020

New York Times: DeVos Funnels Coronavirus Relief Funds to Favored Private and Religious Schools

April 2020

NCPE Statement: Denouncing Secretary DeVos’s Microgrants Voucher Proposal