ARIZONA: “(Voucher) parents bought diamond rings, luxury clothing, dog food, grills, mopeds with public education dollars….”
A handout for the wealthy. This has been @GovBillLee’s #1 priority. #LeesVoucherScam
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ARIZONA: “(Voucher) parents bought diamond rings, luxury clothing, dog food, grills, mopeds with public education dollars….”
A handout for the wealthy. This has been @GovBillLee’s #1 priority.
#LeesVoucherScam
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ARIZONA: “(Voucher) parents bought diamond rings, luxury clothing, dog food, grills, mopeds with public education dollars….”
A handout for the wealthy. This has been @GovBillLee’s #1 priority. #LeesVoucherScam
www.12news.com/article/news...
LOUISIANA: “Half a billion dollars to send thousands of kids to private schools… voucher students fare worse on state tests than public school peers…”
Same story everywhere. But @GovBillLee does not care. #LeesVoucherScam
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Just now… #LeesVoucherScam signed into law. Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools, largely for kids already in private school.
Live look at a scam artist using private school kids as props for a voucher scam bill signing. Symbolic that front row seats are reserved for lobbyists, not parents. #LeesVoucherScam
California’s @rephuffman.bsky.social says the ‘school choice’/vouchers/ privatization push is both a “grift” to grab taxpayer money and an effort to “fuse” Christianity with government. #LeesVoucherScam
The dark money lobbyists in the rotunda were very happy with #LeesVoucherScam passing today, after they flooded GOP primaries to get obedient new reps elected.
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WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones_ points out Speaker Sexton’s COS makes $19000/month (!!) while trying to make the $2000 teacher bribe a $2000/year teacher RAISE — but Republicans vote not to even consider the amendment. #LeesVoucherScam
Tennessee legislators voting for vouchers will be shocked and appalled when the people have nothing left to lose.
#Leesvoucherscam
#pitchforks
An understandably angry and emotional REP. @repjasonpowell , who reps the district ANTIOCH HIGH is in, offered an amendment to make schools safer👇🏽😳
Republicans predictably killed it — and Speaker Sexton threatened the gallery for reacting. #LeesVoucherScam
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WATCH: @votebo calls it the “Voucher Bribery Scam Subsidy Act” — reminds everyone how “bribes and threats” were used last time (even according to Republicans). #LeesVoucherScam
HAPPENING NOW: “Want to defund schools and line your own pockets? It’s a scam!”
Folks are at the Capitol to protest as the vote on #LeesVoucherScam happens today.
A coupon for the wealthy. #LeesVoucherScam
Former teacher against vouchers: “We do not support funding 2 separate school systems. It is unconscionable.” #LeesVoucherScam
GLORIA: “We’re asking taxpayers to fund 2 school systems — as we’re 45th in the nation in per pupil spending.” #LeesVoucherScam
Rep. @votegloriaj.bsky.social pushes back on Lamberth as he tries to claim @GovBillLee’s vouchers aren’t vouchers
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFYcRGr...
On our Instagram page, a commenter tells us their conversion story from being “school choice” voucher advocate — once they realized what (and who) was really behind it all 👇🏽
#LeesVoucherScam
Tennesseans, call your state legislators and tell them to say NO to #LeesVoucherScam
“The original cost of universal vouchers were supposed to be $65 million a year. That was in 2022,” AZ state Rep. Gutierrez said. “Cut to this year? In our budget for next year, vouchers are over $900 million a year.” #LeesVoucherScam
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CLARKSVILLE: Rep. Ronnie Glynn held a town hall where folks spoke out against vouchers — “The amount of money the government is estimating for this special session is nearly $1 billion.” #LeesVoucherScam clarksvillenow.com/local/rep-ro...
Ed researcher Ezra Howard shows private schools raise tuition when vouchers let them: x.com/ezrahowru/st...
#LeesVoucherScam
WATCH: NO REAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Senators Jack Johnson & Joey Hensley make it clear there will be no real accountability for voucher recipients other than “collecting data” — and reiterate vouchers will be available to kids already in private schools. #LeesVoucherScam
Republican state rep noting the almost complete lack of support for vouchers from actual folks in his rural district 👇🏽 #LeesVoucherScam
