The effect of this amendment is equivalent to a voucher bill. Vouchers undermine equal opportunity by subsidizing private academies and their exclusive admission standards. Vouchers Cripple Public Schools Vouchers drain critical funds from public schools. Vouchers won't promote reform or improve public schools.
Vouchers instead lead to abandoned public schools and fractured communities.
Vouchers are Dangerous Vouchers are a dangerous experiment with our children which will irreversibly hurt our public schools. Many voucher programs have been found unconstitutional - costly and wasteful litigation is a certainty. The public will be forced to support bizarre and ineffective schools, with no authority to set standards. This amounts to taxation without representation. Vouchers will re-segregate our schools along racial, religious and ideological lines.