Make the Call for Public Schools
Right now, billionaires and corporate lobbyists are pushing a dangerous voucher scam, and Congress is listening. Congress is considering creating a national school voucher program—snuck into a larger bill giving tax cuts for the wealthy while they cut fund for health and human services and public schools! A federal voucher program would funnel $10 billion in public dollars every year to private—mostly religious—schools. Private schools can and do discriminate based on LGBTQ+ status, disability status, religion, and more. Public schools must educate all kids. But even though 90% of all kids in Illinois attend public school, most of our public schools still aren’t adequately funded! Illinois just ended a state school voucher program (“Invest in Kids”) last year that sent millions of tax dollars to religious schools that discriminate. Help stop vouchers from coming back to Illinois via a national school voucher program! There will be phone banking to constituents in key Illinois congressional districts to urge them to call their member of Congress. The virtual phone bank will be on Monday, April 28th at 6:30pm CT.
