Opinion: This school choice bill could help millions of students recover from shocking learning loss
to choose their own school or education service. A handful of states are stand-outs by providing education savings accounts for most parents of school-age children, including in Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa, and Utah.
Still, more must be done to remedy the learning loss documented in the IES findings. If Congress and the Biden administration can add nearly a quarter trillion dollars to education, they should also empower parents to shop for better, more responsive, and accountable K-12 education for their children at a small fraction of that expense.
The Educational Choice for Children Act proposed in Congress by Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska would enhance tax incentives for charitable donations to generate up to $10 billion in privately funded K-12 scholarship opportunities across the 50 states. It requires no new federal money and up to two million children would benefit.
The widespread availability of these scholarships would turn every parent into a consumer of education, able to potentially"shop" for another school or education service to meet their child’s needs.Importantly, scholarships made available by the ECCA will fund tuition and other education services akin to 529 plans that exist for higher education, including tutoring to address learning loss, online courses, special needs services, educational software and more.
Fortunately, parents and legislators throughout the country are acting by expanding education freedom for K-12 families, and it’s time for Congress join in. With the latest survey findings by the IES, there is no time to lose since America’s future much depends on today’s classrooms.Luke Messer is President of Invest in Education and former Republican Member of Congress from Indiana.
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