The DC Opportunity Scholarship program was revived in the full-year continuing resolution that Congress passed and the Senate signed to keep the government running through the rest of the fiscal year.
The program provides vouchers for students who attend struggling schools to attend private schools.
Since Speaker Boehner was sworn in as Speaker of the House in January, reinstating the voucher program has been his pet project. (The Opportunity Scholarship program was ended in 2010.)
Vouchers for children to attend private schools are a waste of money. Private schools don’t necessarily guarantee a better education. In many cases, they don't cover the full cost of attending a private school.
Funding from the federal government would be better spent to improve the traditional and charter public schools in Washington, DC, where the majority of students will continue to attend.
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