Washington (AP) – House (*5*) want to send up to 5 billion US dollars a year for scholarships to assist families send their children to private and religious schools, to apply unprecedented effort, public money for private education.
The proposal, part of a law on reconciliation published on Monday, would drive President Donald Trump’s agenda, to build the “Universal School Choice” by providing families nationwide the opportunity to offer their children a different training that differs from those offered in their local public school. Almost all households would qualify, except that those who achieve more than triple the local average income.
Followers of private vouchers say that they want to give families who are assigned to low -performance schools.
“The parents give the opportunity to choose the best training for their child, enables the (American dream),” said Republican Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana, who sponsored a similar proposal in the Senate.
The program would be financed by donors who could contribute to money or stocks. In return, you would receive 100% of the contribution in the form of a discount on your tax invoices. This would not pay equity owners who would be raised if they donated or transferred the stock.
Critics condemned the proposal and said that he would assist the wealthy at the expense of the public school systems that serve the enormous majority of the students. They said it would set up a steering home with which experienced investors would earn money under the guise of a donation.
All of this comes when the Trump administration reduces the educational department and reduces the resources at public schools, including 1 billion US dollars in mental health and financing for teacher training.
“This is an important threat,” said Sasha Pudelski from Aasa, the headmaster association. She added that states that have voucher programs often support families who have already paid for the private school. “It opens the door even broader for the already plagued voucher programs across the country, which is widespread, which is widespread, which is to waste, fraud and abuse.”
Similar scholarships and voucher programs for private school have increased in red-addressed countries such as Texas that have just adopted a 1 billion dollar program. Proponents of the public school fear that the programs damage the enrollment and financing of propolies and ultimately leave fewer resources for families who choose public schools.
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