Director of Strategic Research
Georgia’s Special Needs Scholarship Program extends to a new group of students the same kind of educational choice already enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Georgia citizens from prekindergarten through college. Prior to the adoption of the special needs scholarship, Georgia already offered no less than 11 scholarship, grant or voucher programs related to the care and education of its young people. These programs, like special needs scholarships, allow aid to be used at private organizations, including religious ones.
Arlington, Va.—As Georgia’s House of Representatives considers legislation to provide children with special needs the opportunity to attend the school of their choice—public or private, religious or non-religious—a report released today finds that since 1973 Georgia has spent nearly $6 billion on similar education and child services programs that include both public and private sector…
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