Education Freedom Scholarships

Emergency Assistance for ALL Students and Families
 Children in all K-12 schools, public and private, have been affected by COVID-19.
o 100,000 public schools across the country serving 50 million students
o 35,000 private schools across the country serving 5 million students
 Particularly at a time when public schools are choosing not to reopen and have proven
inadequate at providing high-quality distance learning, parents should decide which school
best meets their child’s needs.
 All families should have the same choices of schools that wealthier families already have for
their children.
 Direct emergency educational assistance will prevent families from losing access to the school
they had chosen before the pandemic.
 COVID-19 has caused many parents to lose their jobs and there are fewer scholarships
available because there has been less charitable giving.
o 43% of parents living with children report they or a family member has lost a job or work
hours due to COVID-19.
o Just over half of low-income families reported job losses, including 62% of Hispanic
families, and 50% of black families.
o If trends of the first quarter persist over the entire year, charitable organizations could see
a $25 billion loss in revenue.

Education Freedom Scholarships can help ALL students return to the school they
attended before the pandemic by:
 Authorizing one-time, emergency appropriations funding for scholarship-granting
organizations in each state.
o Scholarship granting organizations would be authorized to use the one-time funding to
provide families with direct educational assistance, including private school tuition and
home schooling expenses.
o Parents could choose the academic instruction that works best for their child.
 Allowing states identify and support scholarship granting organizations that work for the
unique needs of students in their state.
 Prohibiting federal control of education to ensure that all education providers may be able to
participate, without fear of federal control.