This is an excellent cautionary tale re school choice vouchers.
If your state is thinking about doing these, please read this and make sure this doesn’t happen there.
We’ve seen all kinds of articles in the past few weeks talking about how these funds have been spent on vacations and horseback riding lessons and all kinds of things that have nothing to do with math and reading, the subjects Rep Dan McGuire tried to say were the only important classes in school.
https://indepthnh.org/2025/02/21/op-ed-the-hidden-hypocrisies-of-new-hampshires-school-voucher-laws/
Op-Ed: The Hidden Hypocrisies of New Hampshire’s School Voucher Laws
The law offers public money to help defray tuition, transportation, technology, books and other expenses when parents enroll their children in private schools, religious schools, online schools, home-based programs, or public schools located outside the district where the family resides.