BREAKING: West Virginia House Finance Committee passed a bill to fund students instead of systems.
Families would be able to take their children's education dollars to the education provider of their choosing:
• Private school
• Tutoring
• Testing / Instructional materials
• Special needs therapies
• Any other approved education expenses
Over 90% of students in the state would be eligible for the program.
House Bill 2013: "Hope Scholarship Program"
Sponsors:
Del. Joe Ellington [R]
Del. Joshua Higginbotham [R]
Del. Amy Summers [R]
Del. Caleb Hanna [R]
Del. Jonathan Pinson [R]
Del. Johnnie Wamsley [R]
Del. Laura Kimble [R]
Del. Dean Jeffries [R] wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bi…
West Virginia House Bill 2013 will now go to the full House.
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Jake Tapper pushes back against the CDC Director on their guidelines that now recommend essentially all schools remain closed for in-person instruction:
The new CDC guidelines incorporate positivity rates from the overall community
Following this metric would keep almost all schools closed
But the positivity rates in the schools tend to be much lower
And schools aren't major contributors of overall community transmission.
NYC positivity rate: 7.82%
NYC school positivity rate: 0.55%
Jeb Bush: "Education Freedom Accounts would empower parents to direct funds where their children need it most."
"If successful, New Hampshire will have the most choice-friendly education system in the country."
"New Hampshire has an opportunity to be a leader in making America a place where every child can expect a good education, regardless of where they live or how much their family earns."
"Dollars following a child to another provider could leave public schools with fewer funds.
But that's not siphoning. It's connecting the money to the people it is most supposed to serve — children — & the funds only leave if a family has found an education provider it prefers"
"A family taking money for their child’s education from a public to a private school no more siphons dollars from a public school than choosing to go to Price Chopper siphons from Hy-Vee."