{"id":1974269,"date":"2023-07-16T06:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T10:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-state-that-passed-or-expanded-school-choice-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T06:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T10:50:26","slug":"every-state-that-passed-or-expanded-school-choice-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-state-that-passed-or-expanded-school-choice-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: More states embrace school choice."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevery-state-that-passed-or-expanded-school-choice-in-2023%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \ud834\udd7aWave of Republican-Controlled States \u200dEnact Universal\u200c School\u200c Choice Programs<\/h2>\n<p>A\ud834\udd7a wave of\u200b Republican-controlled \u2062states has achieved a series \ud834\udd7aof \ud834\udd7alegislative\u200b victories on \u2064school\u200b choice, with more \ud834\udd7athan a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-state-that-passed-or-expanded-school-choice-in-2023\/\" title=\"2023: More states embrace school choice.\">half \ud834\udd7adozen states \ud834\udd7aenacting\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-militantly-secularist-government-caused-public-school-disaster\/\" title=\"Bill Barr: 'Militantly Secularist Government' Caused Public School 'Disaster'\">universal school choice<\/a> programs<\/a> during\u2063 the 2023 legislative \u200bsession.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d onslaught \ud834\udd7aof legislation has\u2062 seen universal school choice programs \u200cdramatically \u2064and suddenly \u2063expand \u2063as Republican-controlled \u200cstates such\u2063 as\u2063 Iowa, \ud834\udd7aFlorida, \u200dArkansas, \u2064and \u200dOhio \u2063have \u200denacted\u2063 programs \u200callowing\ud834\udd7a students\u200d and\u2063 families\u2063 to use \u200dstate funds to pay \u2062for \u2063non-public education, \u2064with no eligibility \u200crequirements.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u2062 Year of\ud834\udd7a School \u2062Choice<\/h3>\n<p>Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow \u200dat \u200cthe pro-school\ud834\udd7a choice organization the\u2064 American\u200b Federation for \ud834\udd7aChildren,\ud834\udd7a declared\u2064 2023\u200d as &#8220;the year of school choice.&#8221;\u2062 According \u200bto\u2064 DeAngelis, the \u200drecent \u200cwins are monumental, \u200cas \u200dfamilies\u200d are \u2062demanding educational freedom for\ud834\udd7a all. \ud834\udd7aUniversal school choice \u200bis the way forward,\u2064 eliminating \u200cthe need to \u200cpick winners and losers\u200c based\u2062 on \ud834\udd7aincome.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan \u200bWalker, \ud834\udd7athe \u2064Acting Executive Director\ud834\udd7a of\ud834\udd7a Heritage\u200b Action,\u2063 attributes the\u200c expansion \u2063of \u200dschool \u2063choice at \u200cthe state level \u200dto\ud834\udd7a a groundswell \u200cof\u2064 anger \u2064against \u200dteachers unions \u200cand\u200d Democratic leaders. Parents \u200chave \u2064witnessed\u2064 attempts\u2063 to\u200d indoctrinate children with\u2062 a \ud834\udd7apolitical ideology \u200dand make \u2063excuses \u200dfor \u2064pandemic\u2064 learning \u200closses. In response, Americans across the country \u200chave \u200bcreated\u2063 incredible\u2064 nationwide \u2063momentum \u2064to\u200b put parents\u2063 back\u200d in control of\u200c their children&#8217;s\u2063 education.<\/p>\n<h3>States \u2062with Universal School\u2064 Choice Programs in 2023:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n\u200b  \u200c<\/p>\n<li><strong>Iowa:<\/strong> Governor \u2062Kim Reynolds (R-IA) \u2062signed\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-universal-school-choice-bill-clears-legislature-and-heads-to-gov-sanderss-desk\/\" title=\"Arkansas universal school choice bill clears legislature and heads to Gov. Sanders's desk\">universal school choice bill<\/a>,\u200b making\u2064 Iowa \u200bthe\u2063 third \u2063state in the country \ud834\udd7ato enact\ud834\udd7a such \u2062a\u200b program.<\/li>\n<p> \u2064 \u2064<\/p>\n<li><strong>Utah:<\/strong>\u200c Governor\u2062 Spencer\u2064 Cox\u200b (R) signed \u200clegislation \u2062creating a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-rates-florida-and-arizona-as-top-states-for-education-freedom\/\" title=\"Heritage Foundation rates Florida and Arizona as top states for education freedom\">universal school choice program<\/a>, accompanied \u2062by\u2064 a pay\u2062 increase for public\u2063 school teachers.<\/li>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<li><strong>Arkansas:<\/strong>\u200c Governor \u200dSarah\u200d Huckabee \u2064Sanders\u2062 (R) signed\u200d the Arkansas LEARNS\u200b Act, establishing a \ud834\udd7auniversal\u200b school choice \u2063program and \ud834\udd7aexpanding education\u2062 programs \u2064in\u200c the\u2064 state.<\/li>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<li><strong>Florida:<\/strong> Governor Ron DeSantis added \u2063Florida \u200cto the \u200dlist\u2062 of \ud834\udd7astates\u200c with universal school choice by expanding \u200dthe\u200c existing\u2063 program\u2062 to \u200dall \u200cstudents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oklahoma:<\/strong> Governor \ud834\udd7aKevin\ud834\udd7a Stitt\ud834\udd7a (R) \u2062negotiated \u200cthe\u200b passage of a \u2064universal \u2063school choice \u200cbill, \u2064providing tax\u2063 credits for private \u200dschool \u200dtuition\u200b based \u2063on household \u200cincome.<\/li>\n<p>\ud834\udd7a  <\/p>\n<li><strong>Ohio:<\/strong>\ud834\udd7a Ohio\u2063 added \u200da near-universal school\u200b choice program to the state&#8217;s\u2063 budget,\ud834\udd7a accompanied by \ud834\udd7aincreased \ud834\udd7afunding for \u200bpublic \u2064schools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>South \u200cCarolina:<\/strong> \u200cSouth \u200dCarolina\u2062 expanded \u2063school\ud834\udd7a choice \ud834\udd7aavailability, with a\u2062 program capped \ud834\udd7aat \u200d15,000\u200c recipients and\u2063 restricted to \u2064households with an \u200cannual\ud834\udd7a income \u2063of $120,000 or less.<\/li>\n<p>\u2062  \ud834\udd7a<\/p>\n<li><strong>Indiana:<\/strong> \u200bIndiana\u200b expanded its\u200d existing \u200cschool choice\u200b program, \ud834\udd7aincreasing\ud834\udd7a eligibility \u2064to \u200dhouseholds\ud834\udd7a making up to\u2063 $220,000 \u200dper\u2064 year.<\/li>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<li><strong>Nebraska:<\/strong>\u2064 Governor\u2063 Jim \u2063Pillen (R) \u200csigned\u200c the first\ud834\udd7a school\u200d choice bill\u200c in Nebraska&#8217;s \ud834\udd7ahistory, \u200cproviding tax\u2064 credit scholarships \u200dfor\u200c private \ud834\udd7aeducation.<\/li>\n<p>\u200c \u200b <\/p>\n<li><strong>Montana:<\/strong> Montana expanded school\u2063 choice \u2064opportunities \u2063for \u2064families with \u200bspecial\u2062 needs students and \ud834\udd7asigned \u2064an expansion \ud834\udd7ato\u2063 the \u200dstate&#8217;s\u2062 charter \u2063school program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With\u2062 these significant \u200bdevelopments,\u200c the\u2063 landscape \ud834\udd7aof education \u2062is changing,\u200d offering \u2062more \u200coptions \u200cand freedom for students \u2064and\u2062 families across the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more \ud834\udd7afrom\u2063 the \u2064Washington\u200c Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2023 legislative session, Republican-controlled states like Iowa, Florida, Arkansas, and Ohio have spearheaded a surge of legislative wins on school choice. 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