Illinois First State to Kill A Major School Choice Program

The Illinois Legislature failed to extend the Invest in Kids program this month, bringing to a bitter end a successful program that has allowed 9,600 students from low income families to attend private school.

Texas Still Unable to Approve School Choice

The eyes of the private school community have been upon the Lone Star State, but a school choice win remains elusive.

EdChoice & IJ Join Forces

The school choice advocates at EdChoice are partnering with the litigators at the Institute for Justice to ensure that state choice programs, as well as innovative approaches to educational entrepreneurship, have effective legal representation.

New York Overreaches, Tries to Regulate Private Schools

The New York Board of Regents has proposed a rule that would subject religious and independent schools to “all statutory provisions, Rules of the Regents, and Regulations of the Commissioner.” The proposal would also give the State Education Department the authority to order the closure of any elementary or high school that it finds not in compliance with all statutory provisions, rules and regulations of the commissioner.

Private school advocates in New York, led by the State CAPE, have pushed back, arguing that the rule would fundamentally transform the relationship between private schools and the state. They also argue that the Department does not have the authority to make this change under New York law, and that it violates the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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