WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican plan to expand private school vouchers nationwide was dealt a major setback Friday when the Senate parliamentarian said the proposal would run afoul of procedural rules.

Mississippi currently offers limited tax credits to private schools through a program dubbed the Children's Promise Act.

School vouchers were sold by supporters as a way for students from low-income families to escape under-performing schools. Pro-voucher groups like the Devos-funded American Federation for Children ...

Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program saw 8.5% growth in 2024-25, a slower increase compared to the 31.6% jump between the previous two school years. Families using vouchers now pay more out of pocket, ...

The number of students attending private schools with state voucher funding increased last year in both Lake and Porter counties, according to data in the Indiana Department of Education’s recent ...

Apart from a drafting error, the summary written by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was deemed sufficient by a Cole County ...

When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, he gave state leaders — not federal regulators — the power to decide whether and how to participate in the first-ever national tax ...

But Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s plans to bring Florida’s school voucher program to New Jersey would flip the table on education. The vouchers, funded by the state, would give $8,000 annually, per ...

San Antonio – Families seeking more information about the new education savings accounts or school vouchers can attend a town hall on the North Side on Thursday. The school voucher town hall will take ...

The percentage of South Carolina school voucher applicants who attended a public school last year has plummeted, as newly-eligible private school students flood the taxpayer-funded scholarship program ...

Tennessee recently expanded its taxpayer-funded school voucher program, offering $7,295 scholarships for students to pay for private school this school year. New state data shows the amount of each ...

June 27, 2002 -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Cleveland program that allows public money to be used to send kids to private schools, including religious schools. The 5-4 ruling, ...