First, try to use federal taxes to help families pay for private school tuition anywhere in the United States, that is, close to becoming a reality.

Republicans on the House Roads and Means Committee voted this week to pass a federal school voucher program worth $20 billion, which would also extend President Trump's 2017 tax cuts in a broader settlement bill.

Voucher votes have been praised by Republicans and school choice advocates.

R-La. "Expanding President Trump's tax cuts is to uphold the American dream. Letting parents choose the best education for their children makes the dream possible," Senator Bill Cassidy helped lead the Senate voucher work.

"We are close to bringing school choices to every state in the U.S.," Tommy Schultz, CEO of the American Children's Federation, said in a statement. "Ultimately, every child, especially from low-income families, should have access to the school of their choice, and this legislation is the only way to achieve that."

The response of traditional public school advocates is withering.

"The margin weakens public education and limits students' opportunities," said NEA president Becky Pringle. "They draw important funds from public schools (90% of students) and redirect them to private institutions without responsibility."

Public schools receive part of the funding based on student enrollment. If they throw students to private schools, they will eventually lose the funds.

Among the most powerful critics of the measure are advocates for students with disabilities who believe it will not protect them from services from private schools, or even from rejection by private schools.

Public schools must follow federal disability laws, which require them to provide free and appropriate public education to each child. Private schools are not subject to the same rules.

"It is very likely that families with disabilities will have their children with the same rights that they do not actually have," said Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

Rodriguez said any commitment to guaranteeing students to private schools that are made in public schools is “unwise at best, and at worst.”

How the proposed National School Certificate will work

The proposed plan will use the Federal Tax Act to create state school credentials, even in states where voters work hard.

The funds for these certificates will come from private citizens who donate to the so-called Scholarship Awarding Organization (SGO). To incentivize these donations, the federal government will provide these donors with generous dollar tax credits.

For example: A donor who contributes $5,000 to SGO (for private school scholarships) will be able to reduce its overall tax burden by $5,000.

"It's about three times as much as donations from children's hospitals or veterans groups or any other reason," said Carl Davis of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. “It does prefer vouchers to other kinds of charities.”

This is the tax revenue the federal government chose to abandon in the name of supporting educational choices outside the traditional public school system.

SGO will then allocate donations in the form of scholarships for students to spend a range of expenses, including private school tuition, books and family education costs.

Billing Language will bring the tax credit of $5 billion over the next four years from 2026 to 2029.

The proposal is not only for low-income students, as some smaller state basic credential programs already exist. In fact, under the federal proposal, most students in the U.S. are eligible for credentials because the household income limit will be set to 300% of the median total income of a given region. In other words, students in districts with a median total income of $70,000 can qualify as long as their household income is less than $210,000.

Our understanding of school voucher programs

School coupon programs have been around for decades, but in recent years, plans for widespread visits across the state have exploded – their struggles with them and those programs have really helped.

Early results from these voucher programs suggest that most of the money is paid for students who have entered private schools. Oklahoma enacts a certificate program Status data display Less than 10% of applicants are public schools.

In Iowa, Comment It was also found that many private schools have proposed tuition fees after the statewide voucher program was launched.

In terms of academic interests Recent Comments In Ohio’s program, voucher students are more likely to attend and complete colleges than their public school peers, as well as early studies of student test scores for small, targeted voucher programs suggest that Some promisesdespite the larger comments, newer plans have found many Worrying result Suitable for studentsincluding lower math and other subject achievements.

"Big, the worse the recent credential system," said Josh Cowen, a professor at Michigan State University. Oppose them.

"If you think test scores are all and end all measures of the effectiveness of school selection interventions, the recent private school selection program is lacking," said Patrick Wolf, professor of educational policy at the University of Arkansas. But Wolf notes, Polls show Parents who turn to private school certificates have More about their minds It's not just strict academics, it includes safety and fear of bullying.

President Trump The attempt failed In his first semester, a similar federal credential initiative.

Currently, this effort to create a federal coupon program is in line with the unprecedented efforts the Trump administration has always made for the federal government’s role in education.

Next, the measures currently in the House must be voted in full force there and finally a deal in the Senate, which Republicans need a simple majority to pass.