Pro-Voucher Officials Aren’t Letting the Democratic Process Stop Them

Vouchers— as the term is used to describe any of the various schemes to divert public funds to private schools— are unpopular across political parties.

In Kentucky, where 62% of voters supported President Donald Trump, a comfortable majority of rural and urban voters rejected a ballot measure to change the state constitution to allow school vouchers.

Similarly, in Nebraska, rural and urban voters rejected a proposed school voucher program. 59% of voters in Nebraska supported President Trump.

States that have successfully passed vouchers have often been met with all-too-predictable outcomes, like Arizona’s $1.4 billion budget shortfall after passing a “universal” voucher program, that are likely eroding much of the support for school vouchers that once existed.

This piece is available for free over on the Center for Educator Learning and Wellness website.