GOP pushes school choice as solution amid pandemic
Monday, February 22, 2021
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Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com)
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Several House Republicans have introduced school-choice measures to help parents cope with the school lockdowns and online learning.
Some of the proposals put forth by members of the U.S. House Republican Study Committee in late January advocate opening education savings accounts for military families. Another would allow federal dollars for K-12 education to follow students in public, private, or homeschools.
Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana – who chairs the study committee – told The Daily Signal that if Congress had placed greater emphasis on school choice, "parents and students could've been freer to avoid the debacle of virtual learning last fall …. I hope Congress can learn from that mistake and promote school choice policies in the future."