U.S. taxpayer money sends kids to religious schools (Washington Post)

Today's news:

"Billions in taxpayer dollars are being used to pay tuition at religious schools throughout the country, as state voucher programs expand dramatically and the line separating public education and religion fades.

School vouchers can be used at almost any private school, but the vast majority of the money is being directed to religious schools, according to a Washington Post examination of the nation’s largest voucher programs."

— "Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers: The rapid expansion of state voucher programs follows court decisions that have eroded the separation between church and state." Laura Meckler and Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, June 3, 2024

On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools by Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, Jan. 13, 2025

Update, under Trump:

"The attempted closing of the Department of Education - threatening services to students with disabilities, access to college for low-income kids, and decimating empirical research into what works in education - is just the beginning.

The real goal of the radical right is a cash grab.

They want our tax dollars to subsidize their religious private schools.

That’s why they’ve introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act - a $10 billion giveaway to private schools."

— Fish Stark, Executive Director, American Humanist Association, email on March 28, 2025. Read more.