North Dakota Senate passes school choice bill with income-based aid

North Dakota Senate passes Education Savings Accounts for private school students

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Senate approved a bill Thursday establishing Education Savings Accounts for private school students, but details are likely to be worked out by a conference committee. The Senate voted 27-20 in favor of an amended version of House Bill 1540, which would provide vouchers for families to use for private school tuition or other qualifying education expenses. The accounts would not be availabl…

Promising federal school choice bill faces uncertain prospects

Education choice is booming in popularity across the United States, and the federal government may be ready to join the rush—that is, if everything goes just right. A growing number of state governments have been getting out of the way of parents who want alternatives to government-run schools for their children. That's meant a bonanza of options including homeschooling, charter schools, private schools, and programs like education savings accou…

North Dakota Senate passes school choice bill with income-based aid

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Senate passed the first of two competing education savings account bills on Thursday, April 17. House Bill 1540 passed in the Senate in a 27-20 vote after roughly an hour of discussion and two attempted floor amendments — one of which was successful. The Senate has changed the House’s version of the bill to clarify the procedures by which the Bank of North Dakota will administer the ESA program and institute a graduat…