Government
Tennessee Senate passes bill increasing those eligible for school choice program(The Center Square) â Tennesseeâs Senate approved a bill Monday night that would expand eligibility for the stateâs educational savings account program to any student who attended a public school… Read More
Government
School choice enjoys strong support across demographicsSurveys from the last several years reveal school choice is favored in just about every demographic. In 2021, EdChoice surveyed over 1,000 K-12 parents and… Read More
Government
Florida House committee approves bill that would expand state’s ESA program(The Center Square) â The Florida House Appropriations Subcommittee on PreK-12 signed off on a bill that would expand the stateâs education savings account program on Thursday. State Rep. Kaylee… Read More
Government
Georgia lawmaker proposes state-funded education savings accounts(The Center Square) â Proposed legislation would allow Georgians to create state-funded Education Savings Accounts. Under Senate Bill 233, taxpayers would fund $6,000 per student per school year. Students could… Read More
Government
Former presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway urges Missouri legislators to enact school choiceAs Missouri appears poised to spend an unprecedented amount of money on K-12 education, it must spend it wisely â meaning school choice and an âeducation renaissanceâ in the state,… Read More
Government
Arkansas LEARNS education reform hits legislatureAllies of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders filed the Arkansas LEARNS bill in the state legislature this week, the anticipated education reforms promised when Huckabee Sanders ran… Read More
Government
Florida Senate Education Committee approves school choice bill(The Center Square) â The Florida Senate Education Committee approved a bill that will further expand education choice in the Sunshine State on Tuesday. Education Committee Chairman Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee,… Read More
Government
Arizona Senate committee OKs bill to require more ESA disclosures(The Center Square) â The Arizona Department of Education may soon be required to create a quarterly report about the Empowerment Scholarship Account program. Senate Bill 1706 was introduced by… Read More
Government
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gives school choice a shot in the armTexas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a list of emergency items for the current legislative session, including education freedom in the form of education savings accounts (ESAs). The governorâs… Read More
Government
Tennessee Senate approves adding Hamilton County to ESA program(The Center Square) â A bill to add Hamilton County schools to Tennesseeâs pilot education savings account program was approved by the Senate on Thursday and is scheduled to be… Read More
Culture, Government
Arizona parents protest Gov. Hobbâs attempt to deny school choice to 30,000 studentsA group of parents will converge at the state capitol on Tuesday to protest Gov. Katie Hobbsâ proposed budget cuts to the school choice scholarship program. âWeâre not… Read More
Government
Florida House education choice expansion bill gets Senate companion(reimaginED) â HB 1 no longer stands alone. State Sen. Corey Simon R-Tallahassee, chair of the Senate Committee on Education PreK-12, on Friday filed SB 202, a companion bill that allows… Read More
Government
Half of Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account students left public schools, latest data show(The Center Square) â The portion of students taking advantage of Arizonaâs Empowerment Scholarship Account program after previously attending a public school has dramatically shifted. According to the… Read More
Government
Kansas House committee approves ESA school choice bill(The Sentinel) â The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would eventually provide an education savings account (ESA) for… Read More
Government
Washington, Idaho, Wyoming legislatures consider education savings accounts(The Center Square) â Three bills are currently pending in the legislatures of three western states that would allow educational savings accounts, or ESAs, for students in those states. Read More
Government
Bill to add Hamilton County to Tennessee ESA school voucher pilot advances(The Center Square) â Hamilton County students might soon have access to educational savings accounts like students in Davidson and Shelby counties. Senate Bill 12Â advanced through the… Read More
Government
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt renews support for school choice as legislation pends in state senateIn his state of the state address on Monday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt prioritized education reform and school choice. âParents spoke loud and clear at the ballot box… Read More
Government
Mothers group advocates for school choice, starts micro schoolsBefore you can clean a dirty fish tank, you have to relocate the fish. And for the students Janelle Wood serves, the public education system is a dirty… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas state school board member Ann Mah chooses systems over students in school choice debate(The Sentinel) â When school officials talk about education in general or school choice in particular, their focus is almost exclusively on what is best for the school system; student… Read More
Government
Idaho legislator is working to overturn ârelicâ anti-school choice amendmentAn Idaho lawmaker has introduced a resolution to remove an Idaho constitutional amendment which has historically restricted school choice programs. âArticle Nine, Section Five, known as the Blaine… Read More