Vouchers are about shifting our country's policy priority from supporting public education to providing funds to non-public schools. This bill has the very real potential of allowing discrimination against many students who could be denied access to federally funded private schools. In closing, I urge you to evaluate the vouchers in the context of how the plan impacts all children in public schools. A closer look, however, reveals a complex situation that does not lead to equal educational opportunities. Instead vouchers will likely place far more young Americans at greater risk by creating a wider gap in the distribution of school resources.
Vouchers offer assistance to a selected few.
More importantly, how many children will not. H.R. 3467 does not provide the answers. For the reasons enumerated in this testimony, I again want to restate the D.C. Congress of Parents and Teachers' opposition to H.R. 3467. All Rights Reserved.