Sentences with phrase «federal voucher program»

The so - called D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is the only federal voucher program in the country and has long been championed by Republican leaders such as former House Speaker John Boehner.

The missions of NCPE's member organizations greatly vary, yet we are united in our position that Congress should not expand existing or create new federal voucher programs.

In 2017, Congress reauthorized the only federal voucher program, the D.C. voucher program despite clear evidence that the program hinders academic achievement.

Back in 2004, Spencer Hsu told the story of how the first federal voucher program was launched, when George W. Bush signed legislation providing grants worth as much as $ 7,500 each to children from dozens of public schools in the District of Columbia for their use at private or religious schools in a five - year experiment.

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

A large - scale federal voucher program (Trump uses $ 20 billion as the figure) could go directly to schools and / or only work with states or districts if there are supportive voucher, tax credit, or charter programs.

Under the best - case scenario, a new federal voucher program would have no impact on the community: It would not lose funding to other districts or states, nor would it lose students to other schools.

The senator made the accusation about the federal voucher program at a hearing Sept. 16.

So a federal voucher program could be coupled with a huge federal pre-school program, a free - college - for - all program, a massive increase in Title I funding, a new federal teacher - pay - raise program, and a federal school - construction program.

In 2009, the U.S. Congress refused to continue funding the federal voucher program in Washington, D.C., effectively killing the program in the nation's capital.

Bender, who attended DeVos» nomination hearing, said he doesn't believe there's an appetite in a Republican - controlled Congress to create a new federal voucher program.

Look for a federal voucher program if the political climate changes.

The superintendents warned that the tax credits could go national as the Trump administration pushes a federal voucher program for private schools.

It's odd, though, that those very same elites would support things like the federal voucher program that helped poor families afford private schooling for their children — a voucher program that I can find no record of Milloy ever supporting.

But if any federal voucher program is to require private schools to follow IDEA, that would require either a direct change to the law outside the budget process, or change to the language in a congressional appropriations bill funding the Education Department.

The most likely path to a federal voucher program is the upcoming reform of the federal tax code.

Betsy DeVos has one mission at the Department of Education: to expand charter schools and lead the establishment of a federal voucher program — a program that would siphon public dollars meant for our public schools, and allow it to pad the pockets and budgets of private schools and private management companies.

Not only does the federal government lack constitutional jurisdiction (outside of Washington, D.C., military installations, and tribal lands), but a federal voucher program poses a danger to school choice efforts nationwide because a less - friendly future administration could attach regulations that undermine choice policies.

What we should be able to agree about is that the positive track record of state - level school choice policies does not imply that Congress should enact a federal voucher program.

Although light on details, Trump has pledged to devote $ 20 billion to a federal voucher program.

NSBA urges Congress to reject the implementation of a federal voucher program or other voucher alternatives and to work with us to improve, not weaken our public schools — which educate more than 50 million students.