Last week, the Arizona legislature passed the largest school choice expansion in U.S. history. Once Governor Ducey signs the legislation, every single student in Arizona – even those currently in private schools or homeschool – will have access to $7,000 education savings accounts (ESA). These accounts can be used for private school tuition, online education, education […]
On Wednesday, Governor Mike Parson signed the Charter Equity bill passed by the Missouri General Assembly during the 2022 legislative session, officially “Fixing the Glitch” and giving charter students access to education funding at the same level as their peers in district schools. Under the previous formula, charter students in Kansas City received $1,700 less per year […]
The American Federation for Children, the nation’s voice for educational choice, congratulates all the school choice champions supported by the Illinois Federation for Children PAC in Tuesday’s primary election. In its first cycle engagement, the Illinois Federation for Children PAC invested more than $440,000 through independent expenditures in state legislative races to support school choice […]
The American Federation for Children, the nation’s voice for educational choice, congratulates all the Oklahoma candidates supported by the Oklahoma Federation for Children Action Fund during Tuesday’s primary election. OFC-AF invested more than $280,000 in state races to support school choice proponents during the 2022 primary. School Choice was a prime issue during Oklahoma’s 2022 […]
On Friday, the Arizona Legislature approved final passage of a bill expanding school choice to every student in Arizona. The first state to pass an Education Savings Account (ESA) program, Arizona is now poised to create the most robust school choice program in the nation. Governor Doug Ducey, a longtime champion of school choice, is […]
On Wednesday, Arizona, the first state in the nation to pass an Education Savings Account (ESA) program, passed a bill through its State House that would expand the program to universal eligibility. House Bill 2853 expands Arizona’s ESA, the Empowerment Scholarship Program, to all 1.1 million K-12 students in Arizona and includes other important reforms to the program, including […]