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Public schools advocates tell Kingsport board voucher expansion would divert taxpayer dollars
Summary
At the April 14 Kingsport City Schools board meeting, advocates warned that a proposed statewide voucher expansion would funnel public funds to private schools, cited research on fiscal impacts, and were met by board memberswho voiced firm opposition; no board action was taken.
At the April 14 Kingsport City Schools Board of Education meeting, Jenna Wingo of the nonprofit Public Schools Strong told trustees the Education Freedom Act voucher expansion before the state legislature would send large sums of taxpayer money to private school programs without adequate accountability.
"These vouchers funnel over $155,000,000 of taxpayer funds into private school programs," Wingo said, adding that the proposal could expand to about $310,000,000…
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