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Senate floor fights over expansion of Education Freedom Accounts, multiple repeal amendments defeated
Summary
Senators debated and repeatedly rejected amendments to limit or roll back an expansion of education freedom accounts (EFAs) during floor consideration of the budget and related amendments; supporters say EFAs expand choice, opponents cite academic evidence and budget cost.
Concord — The Senate floor spent much of the day debating changes to education freedom accounts, with multiple floor amendments that would reduce or repeal the program rejected after roll‑call votes.
Proponents of the universal EFA expansion argued the program provides choice and, they said, helps “middle class families” and low‑income children who benefit from alternatives to their assigned public schools. Senator Sullivan described families who had their children “literally been saved by education freedom accounts” and criticized repeated attempts to reduce the…
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