States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it up for a floor vote.
The Education Freedom Scholarship Act will go to the House and Senate floors for a vote Thursday after soaring through every committee within the first few days of the special legislative session.
The school voucher program passed at the Tennessee State Capitol but not everyone is celebrating it becoming law.
As Utah lawmakers push to further fund the state’s $82 million school voucher program, Utah’s education leaders are quickly trying to understand why at least 177 students known to have been awarded vouchers seem to be enrolled in public schools.
The bill would effectively allow public money to be used by families across the state to pay for private education costs. It will now head to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.
A universal school voucher bill passed through the Wyoming House of Representatives would make all families eligible for private school grants, paid for by the state, with little
The Tennessee House attached an amendment to the proposal requiring local school boards to approve the program in order to access $2,000 bonuses for teachers.
The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the Senate after hours of public testimony largely focused on whether the proposal would live up to its promise of prioritizing low-income families and children with disabilities.
The fate of Utah’s voucher program remains uncertain after a judge on Wednesday ordered the parties to return to court with more historical information to determine whether the state’s $82 million Utah Fits All scholarship program is constitutional.
South Carolina moved closer Thursday to reinstalling a private school voucher program originally deemed unconstitutional by the state's Supreme Court.