There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the claim that any school choice proposal will spell doom for public schools.

With each new legislative proposal, the Chicken Littles arrive like clockwork, squawking that the sky is falling.

Case in point: Mississippi, where the state Legislature is considering the Mississippi Education Freedom Act, a bill sponsored by Mississippi House Speaker Jason White that would significantly expand education choice.

The bill would create Magnolia Student Accounts, a form of K-12 education savings accounts that families could use for private school tuition, tutoring, homeschool curricula and supplementary materials, education services for students with special needs, and more.

School choice policies are popular in Mississippi and nationwide. According to Morning Consult, 73% of Mississippi parents of school-aged children support K-12 education savings accounts.

The bill has the support of President Donald Trump and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. It passed the Mississippi House earlier this month and will soon be taken up by the state Senate.

HB 2 has passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives! I am incredibly proud of the House members who stood up for kids and families in Mississippi. With more than four hours of debate, I commend both sides........

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