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DeVos» strong support for taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and parochial schools has intensified trepidation about her nomination in New York.

Now, according to a poll just released by Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center, vouchers that use taxpayer funds for low - income students to attend private schools gathered support from 43 % of the public, with only 31 % opposed.

«Position A: Government should give parents more educational choices by providing taxpayer - funded vouchers to help pay for private or religious schools.

The net impact on taxpayers, then, is 1) the savings that come from the difference between the voucher and the per - pupil revenue at district schools, for those who would have attended them in the absence of the voucher program, minus 2) the voucher costs for students who would have attended private schools anyway.

Those families would have saved the taxpayer money by paying their own education bill, but as they are eligible for a voucher, they can attend the private school at public expense instead.

When combined with a federal tax loophole that allows taxpayers to receive a federal deduction on a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit, 10 of these states» credits are so lucrative that they allow some upper - income taxpayers to turn a profit (at federal taxpayer expense) on contributions they make to fund private school vouchers.

«The DCSD voucher program took taxpayer funds, intended for public education, and used that money to pay for private school education for a few select students.

expand the state's school voucher program, draining money from underfunded public schools for private and religious schools that are not accountable to taxpayers and exempt from state and local education standards.

A voucher (sometimes called a «scholarship») is a handout of taxpayer dollars for private school tuition: The government writes a check for tuition at a private school.

The Patriot - News reported that [Corbett] «aims to see Pennsylvania join the growing list of states that offer taxpayer - funded vouchers to parents to send their children to a school of their choice... The governor also wants to expand the state's tax credits program that provides for business - funded private school scholarships.»

Fast forward to 2017: President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have championed a plan to provide federal funding for private school voucher systems nationwide, which would funnel millions of taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into unaccountable private schools — a school reform policy that they say would provide better options for low - income students trapped in failing schools.

Q: The budget would gradually lift the 1,000 - student cap on taxpayer - funded vouchers for private schools under the statewide program.

DeVos is a Michigan billionaire who has used her fortune and political connections to lobby for charter schools and, especially, for taxpayer - funded vouchers that allow parents to take public money to help pay for tuition when their children attend private and religious schools.

Voucher programs are governed by different laws in different states, but most allow private schools to accept taxpayer dollars yet reject students with vouchers for a variety of reasons, ranging from disability to ability to pay.

Even if their income levels increased in year two or beyond, families could still receive the taxpayer - funded vouchers for use at private schools.

[2] rebranding for - profit virtual charters and private school recipients of taxpayer - backed vouchers as public schools.: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com../Desktop/Public%20School%20Options.pdf

Stay tuned for developments in the school voucher lawsuit that was just filed by 25 teachers who oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund private education.

A good system would require private schools wishing to participate in the taxpayer - subsidized program to have a track record of successfully operating a school, said Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon, such as requiring schools to be open for at least one or two years before being admitted into the voucher program.

North Carolina public education backers are fired up this week over a new round of advocacy at the N.C. General Assembly that seems geared toward rebranding for - profit virtual charters and private school recipients of taxpayer - backed vouchers as public schools.

That could end up being a gift, he said, from Duncan to Betsy DeVos, President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary and a prominent proponent of taxpayer - supported vouchers for private and religious schools.

The A-F school grades were high stakes from the start — students who attended F - rated schools for a number of years were then eligible to flee their designated failing school and receive taxpayer funded vouchers to use at private schools.

The effort, according to education reporter Billy Ball, is «geared toward rebranding for - profit virtual charters and private school recipients of taxpayer - backed vouchers as public schools.»

The state places few requirements on private voucher schools to account for how the taxpayer dollars are used to educate students, demonstrate achievement of the students who receive the aid or any transparency to assure the funds are used as intended.

That's not the same as saying a little more than half came from private schools, but either way it's definitely a better deal for taxpayers than having to pay tuition for the 73 percent of students in the expanded statewide voucher program whose families were already sending their kids to private school.

Republicans and conservatives now control every level of government, the state's spending on taxpayer - funded school vouchers for private schools has increased and the state's teachers union no longer plays an influential role in funding and supporting Democrats.

But he opposes wasting taxpayer money on vouchers for parents who already send their kids to private school and don't need a subsidy.

As North Carolina looks ahead to school vouchers being implemented next year, read on to understand why residents can anticipate very little accountability for private schools receiving taxpayer funds.

In 2014, the state moved to terminate an underperforming private school from the Milwaukee voucher program that had operated for almost four years without accreditation — and received more than $ 1 million in taxpayer money during that time.

According to Hassan, «The voucher tax credit is bad public policy for public education in New Hampshire and our taxpayers, diverting millions of dollars in taxpayer money with no accountability or oversight to religious and private schools.»

So does this mean you're going to call for the implementation of Common Core as a requirement for private schools accepting taxpayer money in the forms of vouchers or scholarship tax credits?

Conversely, transparency and accountability is something we don't have for our our nascent school voucher program, which is scheduled to shift up to $ 1 billion in taxpayer dollars over the next ten years to private schools that are not required to adhere to any curricular standards or assess students in a way that is comparable to public schools.

At the same time we are defunding public education, how long will it take before taxpayers are paying a billion or more dollars a year for a statewide voucher system that supports unaccountable private and religious schools?

In service of the goals of its benefactor, WILL has undertaken an aggressive campaign of actual and threatened litigation to ward off scrutiny of and crackdowns on voucher program abuses, to force taxpayers to underwrite transportation for private school voucher students and to advocate for further expansion of the voucher program in the media and with the release of pseudo-science.

Apparently, all it took for some folks to start thinking about dusting off the properly rejected idea of using vouchers to send taxpayer money to private schools in Utah was a brief visit from U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

In 1990, Milwaukee parents were given a choice that no other families in the country had: They could send their children to private schools for free with taxpayer - funded vouchers.

Both lawmakers, whom Humphries referred to as his campaign co-chairmen, have been supportive of the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers for private schools.

The proposal also would require testing for taxpayer - subsidized students at private voucher schools while barring the lowest - performing schools from enrolling new voucher students.

«We're talking about diminished resources for students in our neighborhood public schools while private voucher schools essentially get a blank check at taxpayer expense with zero accountability.»

She has lobbied for failed schemes, like vouchers — which take away funding and local control from our public schools — to fund private schools at taxpayers» expense.

Hintz said he assumes he's a target for AFC since he's been an outspoken opponent of a taxpayer - funded voucher program, and of moving money from public schools to their private counterparts.

Title I «portability» would also lay the groundwork for «portability» of taxpayer funding to private schools through voucher programs — perhaps the true intent behind this proposal.

Some people - including President - elect Donald Trump - believe that to improve U.S. education, the nation should stop spending so many tax dollars on public schools and instead invest in alternatives, including charter schools and taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and religious schools.

The state's voucher program provides taxpayer funds for families to send their children to private schools.

Moreover, with his recent call to eliminate caps, the private school voucher program could cost state taxpayers as much as $ 1.2 billion a year, counting students who would transfer from public schools as well as students currently in private schools who would qualify for vouchers.

There are now 25 voucher programs in 14 states, allowing families to take taxpayer dollars with them to pay for private or parochial schools, according to EdChoice, a pro-choice organization: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin (4) as well as in Washington, D.C..

Both newly elected trustees say they oppose taxpayer voucher programs that help students attend private schools — a key initiative for Trump and DeVos.

No matter what you call it, vouchers take dollars away from our public schools to fund private schools at taxpayers» expense with little to no regard for our students.»

The state's teachers union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, feels the same, and to its credit, «we support the same interventions for private schools taking taxpayer - funded vouchers,» said WEAC spokeswoman Christina Brey.

Lawmakers pushed for school vouchers, arguing that North Carolina's public schools are failing its low - income and minority students and that families should have the choice — at the expense of taxpayers — to send their students to private schools as an alternative.