Written by Mira Rowan
As more state funding flows into private education, new data have raised questions about how these dollars impact public schools that serve primarily Black students.
An analysis by the Texas Center for Voucher Transparency and Every Texan reports that 733 Texas school districts could lose nearly $300 million in state funding this school year. Through the state’s new voucher program, students are leaving for private schools or homeschooling. Since state dollars are tied to student enrollment, the students who leave public schools take those dollars with them…