Pennsylvania House Democrats Just Voted to Abandon Educational Choice

Originally published by The Center Square.

Pennsylvania Democrats have never been more brazen in their disregard for educational choice. House Democrats recently advanced legislation that would deny choice and opportunity to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania kids, declaring their intention to gut educational choice for families.

House Bill (HB) 2632 represents an attack on low- and middle-class students attending private school. Originally, Democrats proposed cutting $102 million in tax-credit scholarships, robbing 30,000 kids and their families of their ability to afford a better education. For perspective, schools and scholarship organizations awarded more than 101,000 tax-credit scholarships last year, so this is a substantial cut.

Lawmakers eventually restored these proposed cuts, but the updated bill still undermines educational options for tens of thousands of students. HB 2632 cuts tax credit levels, eliminates supplemental scholarships, ties student eligibility to unrelated policies, and attempts to intimidate donors, schools, and parents with onerous taxes and regulations.

Read more at The Center Square.