Treasury Releases Rules for Nation’s First Federal School Voucher Program

Last Thursday, the Trump administration took a major step toward launching the nation's first federal-funded school voucher program, set to steer billions of tax dollars to private schools — but also, perhaps, to public school students.

The Treasury Department released long-awaited rules that will govern the first-of-its-kind effort before it is implemented in January. States must decide whether to participate; many Democratic governors had said they would wait for the regulations before making a decision.

It's a tricky call. Most of these governors oppose voucher programs, which direct public money to private, religious schools. But in this case, the program is funded entirely with federal money, so if they don't participate, they will be passing up an opportunity to funnel additional dollars into their states' public schools.

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