For Policy Makers
The Alliance encourages policymakers to learn more about how school choice can help improve student achievement.
There are approximately 150,000 children benefiting from 16 different school choice programs nationwide. Each of the programs is unique in its design, funding mechanisms, and limitations.
As indicated, school choice has grown tremendously over the past several years.
return to topModel Legislation
Lawmakers interested in drafting legislation to support school choice should review model legislation approved by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and supported by the Alliance for School Choice and the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation.
Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act
This bill creates a scholarship program for children from low and middle-income families to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of their parents’ choice.
Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act
This legislation authorizes a tax credit for individual and corporate contributions to organizations that provide educational scholarships to eligible students so they can attend qualified public and private schools of their parents’ choice.
The Special Needs Scholarship Program Act
The Special Needs Scholarship Program provides special needs students with the option to attend the public or private school of their parents’ choice.
Autism Scholarship Act
The Autism Scholarship Program provides students with autism the option to attend the public or private school of their parents’ choice.
The Foster Child Scholarship Program Act
The Foster Child Scholarship Program provides children who have been placed in foster care the option to attend a public or private school of their guardians’ choice.
The Smart Start Scholarship Program
This bill creates a scholarship program that helps children from low and middle-income families attend the public or private 4-year-old preschool program or 5-year-old kindergarten program of their parents’ choice.
Military Family Scholarship Program Act
This bill creates a scholarship program to provide G.I. Junior scholarships for all children of veterans and active military personnel to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of their choice.
Resources
1 page fact sheets
- Choice and Accountability: Using School Choice to Overcome Failing Academic Performance
- A Nation Still At Risk
- The Public Supports Private School Choice
- School Choice Empowers Parents
- School Choice Can Help Solve America’s High School Dropout Crisis
- A Failure to Lead: America’s Kids Not Prepared to Succeed in the 21st Century Global Economy
- School Choice Improves Public Schools
Contacts
- Scott Jensen
National Consultant for State Projects
414-588-7050 (Cell)
262-798-9919 (Fax)
scottjensen@wi.rr.com - Anna Varghese Marcucio
Director of State Projects
vargmarc@yahoo.com
202-280-1973 (Office)
- Zack Dawes
Consultant for State Projects
zdceoa@aol.com
512-343-0220 (Office) - John Schilling
Chief of Staff & Director of National Projects
jschilling@allianceforschoolchoice.org
202-280-1974 (Office) - Lori Drummer
Director of State Projects
ldrummer@allianceforschoolchoice.org
202-280-1975 (Office) - Robert A. Teegarden
Director of State Projects
rateegarden@cox.net
623-594-7592 (Office)
