Raising the Alarm: How the National Private School Voucher Program Will Be Harmful to Students

will lead a K-12 education spotlight forum to examine how a new national private school voucher program will harm 50 million students who rely on public schools. Created by H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the national school voucher program is set to divert as much as $50 billion in taxpayer funding that could otherwise be used for public education to private schools each year. The forum will feature a panel of witnesses that includes policy and legal experts, education advocates, district leaders, and classroom educators who will speak about how school vouchers have led to significant divestments in public schools that have disproportionately impacted low-income students, rural students, students with disabilities, students of color, and LGBTQ+ students—among others. Additionally, the witnesses will raise the alarm about the potential ramifications for states that participate in the national program, including the risk of widespread fraud.