Cory Booker's new education plan opposes funding for private school vouchers and tax credits, though he is still listed as a co-sponsor of legislation supporting the nation’s only federally funded private school voucher program
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker on Friday announced a new K-12 education plan that says he opposes funding for private school vouchers and tax credits, though he is still listed as a co-sponsor of legislation supporting the nation’s only federally funded private school voucher program and he's been a longtime supporter of vouchers.
His campaign did not immediately respond when asked to explain his cosponsorship in February of the “SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019,” which would reauthorize funding for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, which is a private school voucher initiative. He also would take steps to strengthen transparency and accountability for charter schools and oppose federal funding of for-profit charter schools.Despite the earlier alliance with DeVos, Booker’s plan highlights his fight against her nomination and “shameful policies.” The plan says that Booker would nominate an Education secretary who served as a public school teacher “and who understands the critical role that our public schools play in our society.
He would also double the award for TEACH grants for students who want to teach high-need subjects in high-poverty schools.Booker would triple funding for Title I schools and fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. He would also create a new grant program, seeded with $10 billion, to encourage states to shift their school finance systems away from “inequitable property tax systems.
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