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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Chandler

Most of the families applying for Alabama's new school vouchers have kids in non-public schools

School Vouchers Alabama - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

More than half of families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program have children attending a private school or are home schooling, numbers that buoy school choice advocates who say the flood of applications proves the approach is what parents want

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office released application figures Tuesday for the CHOOSE Act, the new program which will help eligible families tap state dollars to help pay for private school or home-schooling costs. Families submitted 22,167 applications for a total of 36,873 students.

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