Donald Trump wants school choice. The GOP adopted school choice as part of their 2024 platform. Most important of all, parents in Mississippi overwhelmingly support school choice.

So why do some Mississippi ‘conservatives’ oppose school choice?

Republicans have held the Governor’s mansion in this state since 2004. They have held the Senate since 2011 and the House since 2012. In all that time they have made remarkably little progress towards giving families control over their child’s share of education tax dollars. Why?

Firstly, too many lawmakers in our state have been unwilling to pick a fight with local education bureaucrats. Just as turkeys don’t vote for Thanksgiving, local education bureaucrats tend not to support the idea that families should have control of their tax dollars.

Once families in our state are given control of between $7,000 – $9,000 per child each year, those families will be able to allocate the money to a school of their choice. School superintendents, many of whom are paid more than the Governor, would lose the power to allocate........

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