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For more IL private schools where wealthy donors AND schools are capitalizing on #InvestInKids vouchers check out our thread. #vouchergrift
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Glad to hear Gov Pritzker hasn’t made a final decision to support Invest in Kids, but we sincerely hope he isn’t actually willing to sign just ANYTHING ILGA sends him on vouchers. Invest in Kids is simply bad public policy bc it harms the public good. thedailyline.com/future-invest-…
Back in 2018, when he was running for office, Gov Pritzker was very clear on his opposition to vouchers so we know he understood their flaws at that point: ilfps.org/ilgov2018candi… 
Invest in Kids Act is no better 5 years later. Among a *very* long list of reasons it needs to end, it uses Illinois tax dollars to fund virulently homophobic & transphobic institutions that teach kids about fire-breathing dinosaurs. That's not high-quality education. Period.
The Illinois General Assembly went home last Friday without wrapping up Spring Session, and they'll be back at the Capitol tomorrow because there's no budget for Fiscal Year 2024 yet—and no decision on whether the Invest in Kids voucher program will end! Here’s what you can do…
If your state rep and senator haven't heard from you this week, it's time to pick up the phone again to ask them to let the voucher program sunset.
Find them here: elections.il.gov/ElectionOperat…
Here's what to say when you call:
Find them here: elections.il.gov/ElectionOperat…
Here's what to say when you call:
Want to take another step? Share our letter writing campaign with another public school supporter! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y…
Illinois Invest in Kids vouchers siphon away PUBLIC funding from PUBLIC schools that serve 1.9M children across the state. Today, 80% of IL public schools are NOT adequately funded! 🧵
Many IL private schools are WELL FUNDED by wealthy donors. Before 2017, when a donor wrote a check to a private school, they claimed a federal tax deduction, typically worth 37% of what they've contributed.
Now, under the Invest in Kids voucher program, when wealthy donors write a check to a voucher middleman aka scholarship granting organization, they receive 75% back as a state tax credit.
