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| Subject: DeVos scholarships would give control to parents, not bureaucrats Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:41 pm | |
| It was surprising to learn, from Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute, that some opposition is brewing from the Right against a new scholarship plan proposed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
One must assume that conservatives who oppose the plan must not understand it.
As explained in this space two weeks ago, the proposal would give a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for any donations made to state-based nonprofit organizations that provide scholarships to elementary- and secondary-school students. The plan is based in large part on a successful state scholarship program in Alabama, the home state of Republican Rep. Bradley Byrne, who will introduce the bill in the House.
The DeVos plan would take not a single penny away from public schools. Rather, it would encourage funding, and thus individual choice, to parents or guardians to choose the best educational options for their children. It is a thoughtful, pro-liberty plan that achieves the benefits of school choice while giving the Left no grounds to make their tired argument that giving parents control means diverting money from public education.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/devos-scholarships-would-give-control-to-parents-not-bureaucrats |
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