Oklahoma enacts Universal School Choice: It ‘shouldn’t be just for the wealthy or those who can afford it’

Oklahoma on Thursday became the 7th state to adopt universal school choice. Governor Kevin Stitt signed private and home school tax credits that would make school choice universally available to all families.

“School choice shouldn’t be just for the wealthy or those who can afford it,” Stitt said. It is now available to every family in the state of Oklahoma.”

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Corey DeAngelis, senior member of the American Federation for Children, told Fox News Digital that Governor Stitt is an “educational freedom fighter.”

“The government school monopoly dominoes are falling one red state at a time. A school choice revolution has unleashed and there is no stopping it. Oklahoma is now the seventh state in just two years to Committing to Educational Freedom by Embracing Universal School Choice Every family in Oklahoma will now have educational freedom and power-hungry teachers’ unions won’t be able to do anything about it,” DeAngelis said. .

Oklahoma is the latest of the Republican-led states to pass school choice legislation.

Red state governors across the country have passed universal school choice legislation, sparking what experts call a “revolution.”

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Last year, Arizona became the first state in the nation to adopt scholarship accounts, expanding the program to all 1.1 million K-12 students in the state. Other red states have now followed suit, pushing school choice legislation.

Last year, Arizona became the first state in the nation to adopt scholarship accounts, expanding the program to all 1.1 million K-12 students in the state. Other red states have now followed suit, pushing school choice legislation. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Relations between teachers’ unions and parents have deteriorated in recent years, particularly in response to school slowdowns in the United States following School closures related to COVID-19.

Numerous calls for school choice and parental rights have emerged after states implemented lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic. School choice has become a salient issue after COVID-19-induced closures sparked a conversation about the extent of government authority and what kind of content should be taught to children in public school programs .

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Republican governors have made significant strides in pushing for universal school choice legislation, which didn’t exist anywhere in the country a year ago. Currently, five states have adopted universal school choice this year.

School choice, or providing all families with alternatives to the public schools for which they are zoned, can be expanded through multiple avenues at the state level, including school voucher programs, tax-credit scholarships, individual tuition tax credit programs, and deductions and education. savings accounts.

Numerous calls for school choice and parental rights have emerged after states implemented lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic. (Educational Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Charter schools, magnet schools, and home schooling are also forms of school choice programs.

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