ProPublica report looks at state efforts to expand school vouchers

In this article, published on Jan. 13, 2025, ProPublica reports on efforts to expand school vouchers, which enable the financing of private schools with taxpayer funds.

The report notes that the voucher movement began in the 1990s “as a concealed effort to finance urban parochial schools and expanded to a much broader push.” The result is that state legislatures are increasing funneling public money to families who could easily afford private school tuition, which threatens public school funding and puts pressure on state budgets.