Friend,

It’s National School Choice Week, which means that many state legislators and their religious extremist allies around the country are acting to funnel taxpayer money to private, religious schools through private school vouchers.

Private school vouchers undermine public schools by draining their funding to pay for private, religious schools.

If you’ve been following AU’s case in the U.S. Supreme Court about coercive prayer in public schools—Kennedy v. Bremerton School District—you know that we fight for open, inclusive public schools that welcome all students. That’s also why we oppose vouchers—they fund schools that teach religious education and can require participation in religious activities. They also fund discrimination.

Urge your state legislators to oppose private school vouchers!

This School Choice Week, we’re fighting some of the most heated voucher battles in decades. Just in the first month of 2022, we’re already monitoring more than 100 state bills that would create or expand private school voucher programs. For many state legislators and governors, diverting public money to private schools is their top education priority.

Friend, we’re fighting back, but we need your help! Your state legislators need to hear from you.

There are so many reasons to oppose vouchers: they threaten taxpayers’ religious freedom by paying for private, religious education; don’t improve student achievement; and fund discrimination.

Act now to tell your state legislators that they should REJECT
private school voucher bills!

Public funds belong in public schools. This National School Choice Week, thanks for raising your voice to protect public education!

Nik Nartowicz
AU State Policy Counsel