Commonwealth Policy Center

School choice critic John Schaaf recently wrote a column criticizing the Amendment 2 initiative, which empowers parents with more education options for their children. He implied that the amendment would unjustly give vouchers for religious schools. However, Amendment 2 doesn’t provide for any specific kind of measure like vouchers. It simply allows for the possibility of school choice. And that type of school choice would be decided by lawmakers. Even if school choice laws are put in place to empower parents with a school choice option, this still would not take away from public schools. That’s because parents will still pay taxes that support public schools. Amendment 2 would help parents send their kids to a school that better fits their needs. Who could be opposed to that?