Senator Joe Lieberman plans to introduce an amendment today that would extend the DC school voucher program, according to Americans United. Despite Congress' decision to end the program, this amendment would – reports say – fund school vouchers for another 5 years. The provision would be attached to HR 4213, the bill to amend the tax code.
The Senate should reject this effort (again). School vouchers are a drain on public school resources, they aren't necessarily effective means of improving student achievement, and most importantly for my purposes here, they send taxpayer money to private and religious schools, with few safeguards, if any, to ensure that public funds are not used to indoctrinate students.
