Letter: HB 1540 has serious financial implications

Letter: HB 1540 has serious financial implications

Governor Armstrong, please consider the consequences of signing HB 1540 into law. This bill would divert public dollars to fund private school tuition, a move with serious financial implications. Here are three facts that should give any fiscal conservative pause.

North Dakota governor vetoes ESA bill, saying it 'falls short' of true school choice

BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday vetoed an income-based school choice bill that would have created a program providing public funds for private school tuition based on family income. Armstrong said his administration “strongly supports” expanding school choice in the state but said House Bill 1540 “falls short” of truly expanding choice because it impacts only one sector of the population. The bill sought to create an Ed…