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Stop using public money to fund unaccountable private schools

$11.7 million was diverted from the Madison School District to pay for private voucher schools and independent charter schools, according to a property tax bill from Madison.
School districts in Wisconsin are forced to go to referendum to maintain operations, despite a $4.3 billion state surplus.
Wisconsin voters have never been asked to approve the state's private-school voucher program, and recent initiatives were defeated.
Legislators are criticized for underfunding local public schools while diverting funds to privatize education without accountability.

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Denton Record-Chronicle

'Fund our schools’: Denton, Lewisville PTA groups press lawmakers on public education funding in Austin

AUSTIN — When state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, told Parent Teacher Association members from around Texas that vouchers can be an asset for families in his school district on Monday,

4 days ago·Denton, United States

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Wisconsin State Journal

Stop using public money to fund unaccountable private schools

My property tax bill from the city of Madison states that $11.7 million was diverted from the Madison School District to pay for private voucher schools and independent charter schools. That number keeps growing and will continue to increase dramatically…

4 days ago·Madison, United States

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hubcityspokes.com

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House advances proposals to increase tax credits for private schools

The Mississippi House has once again passed legislation to increase the size of a program that already sends millions in state dollars to private schools.

4 days ago

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