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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are all of the VOUCHER activists that Youngkin has selected for his team:

Lindsey Burke - wants to defund public schools with a voucher plan similar to WV 
https://www.heritage.org/staff/lindsey-burke
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/virginia-election-outcome-was-about-education-here-are-4-actions-youngkin

Kay James - mega conservative/religious and also wants school choice 
https://www.heritage.org/staff/kay-c-james
https://www.heritage.org/press/gov-elect-youngkin-appoints-heritage-foundations-kay-james-co-chairman-transition

And Nate Bailey was DeVos’ freakin’ chief of staff.
https://conferences.shrm.org/presenter/nate-bailey

You do know how that has played out in other states, right?

All of the wealthy parents will use vouchers to subsidize their private education. It will do little to support lower-income students. So the rich kids will be off to privates/religious schools while the poor kids are left behind in schools with significantly less funding. It will be a death spiral for public schools.

That is bad news for public schools. Good news for private schools.
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Again:  a $500 voucher per student is going to pay for private school?  On what planet?  That money comes from federal relief money (surplus) and *should* be going right back into taxpayers' pockets.  Good for him.  Maybe stop spreading disinformation and actually educate yourself on his plans?

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Youngkin’s plan for the federal relief money includes $1.2 billion to fund school choice initiatives. It also includes extra resources for historically Black colleges and universities and local funding for infrastructure and teacher shortages.

Youngkin wants lawmakers to offer $500 vouchers to Virginia parents to pay for “recovery from the learning loss and mental health issues created by our failed public schools,” the plan reads.

He also wants the state to invest in a pilot program that would launch 20 schools in the state run through public-private partnerships. The plan includes few details on what the schools would look like, but Youngkin has said he supports the charter school model prominent in other states, where children can leave their neighborhood schools to attend ones that are publicly funded but privately run.

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkin-proposes-1-5-billion-in-tax-relief-from-surplus-school-choice-plan-from-rescue/article_931101d1-f5da-5b1e-9d52-f9a05c820445.html[/quote]

OK - so he'll do $500 on day one.

He has FOUR YEARS. He's bringing in voucher big guns because he wants to implement vouchers in a big way.

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And just like he undid carbon markets, the next governor can make it all go away. [/quote]

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