The federal voucher scheme must be stopped!
Passed in 2025’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the federal voucher scheme could reshape the way public school funding is distributed. While multiple state governors have already approved these programs for their states, there’s now a chance to fight back, and ensure public school funding stays where it belongs.
S. 4297, known as the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act, would fully repeal the federal voucher program. FFRF Action Fund has signed on as one of the bill’s endorsing organizations and is encouraged by the support the bill has already gotten. However, it needs more support. So please reach out to your senator today, and urge them to become a co-sponsor!
The bill, introduced by Sens. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., actively fights back against the voucher program by repealing the tax credit previously available to individuals for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations. To see the damage vouchers can cause to public schools, FFRF Action Fund points to Arizona’s universal voucher program. The program has ballooned to over $780 million, while also funding private school tuition for families already sending their children to schools that are very likely religious. Arizona’s program is a massive giveaway to religion, and a tax shelter for the wealthy dressed up as school choice — and it’s also the model for the federal voucher scheme.
But S. 4297 gives us a chance to save public schools in other states. The more co-signers the bill has, the better its chances of stopping the federal voucher scheme. Please don’t wait to act!
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