School choice includes private and public supported school choice programs, tax credits for educational expenses of school choice and charter schools. The state of Florida adopted the first statewide voucher plan that allows a child in a failing school to attend a better public or private school of the parents' choice. Both Oklahoma and Oregon adopted new charter school laws. For the third year in a row, the president of the National Urban League urged that the nation's urban schools be turned into independent charter schools. Studies have also found that many of the contentions of school choice opponents are not valid.
School choice provides better and more integration than the public system.
The student populations in the public schools and in the choice programs were substantially similar in socioeconomic and racial composition. Finally, the public, including many prominent leaders from the civil rights movement, is highly supportive of school choice.