school choice scholarship

School choice scholarship programs, which use taxpayer funds to support private education, primarily benefit students already in private or homeschool rather than public school families. Maria Contreras, a parent in Fort Worth, Texas, discovered a scholarship through her church to help her son with learning challenges attend a Catholic school as Texas expands its $1 billion education savings account program.

The school choice scholarship boom primarily benefits children already enrolled in private schools. Soon, half of all American schoolkids will live in states offering public funding for private education.