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Guess Who’s Footing the Bill for Faith-Based Schools?
State voucher programs direct billions of dollars with little oversight — opening the door to compelled religion.
This is what James Madison warned about.
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Religious conservatives have worked for decades to dismantle the public school system by sending tax dollars to Christian-run schools and using legal challenges to upend decades of jurisprudence over religious freedom.
As the 12 states that have adopted universal school-choice programs have demonstrated, this plan is working. Public education is slowly being replaced by private education, and public schools are closing.