In the partisan politics of education funding, the school choice movement has pressed states for decades to send taxpayer money to private and religious schools and long had to concentrate its efforts on states where a Republican governor was an ally.
— forcefully put his weight behind a Republican-backed proposal to send $100 million to families for private school tuition and school supplies.in the face of House Democratic opposition, but his support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law.near-landslide win
At $100 million in a state where public schools spend more than $35 billion a year, the Pennsylvania proposal was viewed by some as largely symbolic. But both sides say its passage in Pennsylvania would open the door to a larger program eventually. Public views about vouchers are complicated — and do not necessarily reflect the partisan divide in statehouses, or even the usual assumptions.
Shapiro's familiarity with private schools, meanwhile, is born of experience. He attended a private Jewish school, his children attend the same school and his father is on the school’s board. But even if Yass never gives another dime to Shapiro's campaigns, keeping Yass on the sidelines may also be a potent strategy to weaken Republican opponents.
Those fluent in the history of school vouchers could think of no other Democratic governor who had embraced them.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law. He put his weight behind a $100 million Republican-backed private-school voucher proposal over the summer, before backing off amid opposition by House Democrats. His stance was unusual among governors. In the partisan politics of education funding, the “school choice” movement had long had to concentrate its efforts on states where a Republican governor was an ally. Previously, other Democratic governors who had backed school choice measures had done so in compromise deals with Republican-controlled legislatures. Shapiro has helped put vouchers at the forefront of the state’s political agenda.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law.
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Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divideDemocratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania’s support has raised Pennsylvania’s profile in the national voucher debate and given advocates optimism that the program will eventually become law.
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