Pennsylvania’s school choice programs have opened a door for thousands of low and middle income families to get their children out of the state’s flagging public schools, according to a new report. Yet, Democrats are pushing a platform that opposes school choice programs like the one in Pennsylvania.
Over 77,000 K-12 scholarships have been awarded under the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC), according to a September report from the Commonwealth Foundation. Pennsylvania Democrats attempted to strip additional funding for the initiatives, and the party’s national platform declares that school choice programs are “schemes.” (RELATED: Red State Supreme Court Delivers Crushing Blow To School Choice Program)
