Josh Shapiro Chooses Teachers Unions Over Students

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro plans to veto the funding for the Lifeline Scholarships program, which would provide low-income children in the state's lowest-performing public schools with education-opportunity accounts.

July 8, 2023 . 7:44 PM

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro instructed legislators to pass a school-choice program, Lifeline Scholarships, so he could veto it.
The program would provide low-income children in the state's lowest-performing public schools with education-opportunity accounts.
Shapiro had voiced support for the scholarships last year, but now plans to veto their funding.
House Majority Leader Matt Bradford, a Democrat, sided against students and his own party's governor by holding the bill hostage.
Senate Republicans are working on finding alternative ways to fund Lifeline Scholarships.