Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, speaks at a press conference promoting a package of law enforcement bills at the Alabama State Capitol on Feb. 12, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey listens in the background. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
There’s a lot to dislike about the CHOOSE Act, Alabama’s effective voucher program.
Like forcing poorer Alabamians to pay for a wealthy family’s private education. Or the lack of income eligibility limits. Or state leaders cheering the “popularity” of the program, which has a real chance of blowing a hole in the Education Trust Fund budget in the coming years, as happened in Arizona…