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Board member urges state accountability for school vouchers
Summary
Board member Ginger Carter told the Johnson City Board of Education that state legislators say voucher recipients cannot be tracked and urged constituents to ask legislators where voucher money goes and whether voucher funding per student exceeds public-school per-student funding.
Board member Ginger Carter used a board communication to urge constituents and legislators to seek accountability for state school vouchers. "The reality, apparently, from our state legislators is that [vouchers] cannot be tracked," Carter said, adding that she has asked legislators and received no satisfactory answers.
Carter said reports show that "over 60% of those vouchers went to kids already in private schools," and she urged community members to contact legislators about how voucher funds are allocated and whether voucher funding per student exceeds the funding for public school students. She noted that 2026 is an election year and said voters should ask candidates those questions.
Carter framed her remarks as a call for state-level accountability rather than a district policy change; no formal board action or vote on vouchers occurred at the meeting. Other board members acknowledged the comment and the chair closed the communication period without further action.
