Heather DuBois Bourenane
@hdbwi.bsky.social
Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network. Here for education justice, thriving public schools, and craft cocktails. Not that I'm bitters or anything.
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In WI, there is a dynamic similar to the push on the nat'l Democrats to stop surrendering, to stand and fight. Gov. Evers is under pressure to veto any GOP budget that underfunds health care, education, child care, and builds new prisons. @hdbwi.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gras...
Grassroots pressure on Gov. Evers reflects nationwide impatience with Dems
More than 100 citizens from an array of grassroots groups packed the Wisconsin state Senate parlor and marched on Gov. Tony Evers’ office Tuesday, their chants bouncing off the marble walls inside the...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In WI, there is a dynamic similar to the push on the nat'l Democrats to stop surrendering, to stand and fight. Gov. Evers is under pressure to veto any GOP budget that underfunds health care, education, child care, and builds new prisons. @hdbwi.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gras...
Reposted by Heather DuBois Bourenane
Instead of using a tax shelter for the wealthy to weaken the public schools that serve 90% of kids, lawmakers should invest in students and take us one step closer to the promise of an excellent public education for every child.
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Instead of using a tax shelter for the wealthy to weaken the public schools that serve 90% of kids, lawmakers should invest in students and take us one step closer to the promise of an excellent public education for every child.
Reposted by Heather DuBois Bourenane
See this piece from @npr.org for a deeper dive into 9 things to know about the federal school voucher proposal: www.npr.org/2025/05/23/n...
9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill
NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this first-of-its-kind national voucher plan. Here's what they said.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
See this piece from @npr.org for a deeper dive into 9 things to know about the federal school voucher proposal: www.npr.org/2025/05/23/n...
Reposted by Heather DuBois Bourenane
Vouchers are often unpopular, incl. in red states, b/c voters prefer to spend public $ on public schools: Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure last fall in all 120 counties that would have amended the KY constitution to allow school vouchers. @kypolicy.bsky.social kypolicy.org/kentucky-vot...
Kentucky Voters Buried Private School Vouchers. One More Idea Must Die to Truly Reinvest in Our Public Schools - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentucky can't truly reinvest in our public schools unless lawmakers abandon the goal of eliminating the state's income tax.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Vouchers are often unpopular, incl. in red states, b/c voters prefer to spend public $ on public schools: Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure last fall in all 120 counties that would have amended the KY constitution to allow school vouchers. @kypolicy.bsky.social kypolicy.org/kentucky-vot...
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Experts at @floridapolicy.bsky.social warn a federal voucher cld explode in cost over time if expanded, as happened in Florida. FL’s vouchers now eat up more than 25% of the state’s K-12 budget, w/ most $$ subsidizing students who already attended private school www.floridapolicy.org/posts/federa...
Federal Voucher System — Like Florida’s — Would Divert Funding to Private Schools and Home-Schoolers
Florida has lessons to offer about vouchers.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Experts at @floridapolicy.bsky.social warn a federal voucher cld explode in cost over time if expanded, as happened in Florida. FL’s vouchers now eat up more than 25% of the state’s K-12 budget, w/ most $$ subsidizing students who already attended private school www.floridapolicy.org/posts/federa...
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The House’s national school voucher would reduce federal revenue by about $20B per Congress's JCT and state revenue by over $450M per @itep.org. Costs would increase if extended beyond 2029 like the Senate version or if the program expands as they have in many states. itep.org/house-tax-bi...
House Tax Bill Enlists the Wealthy to Spread Private School Vouchers
The House tax plan cuts charitable giving tax incentives for donors to most nonprofit groups while roughly tripling the incentive available to donors to groups that fund private K-12 school vouchers. ...
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The House’s national school voucher would reduce federal revenue by about $20B per Congress's JCT and state revenue by over $450M per @itep.org. Costs would increase if extended beyond 2029 like the Senate version or if the program expands as they have in many states. itep.org/house-tax-bi...
Reposted by Heather DuBois Bourenane
As CBPP's Samantha Jacoby explains, the school vouchers would be funded with a $1 for $1 tax break for contributions to voucher-bundling orgs—more generous than any other charitable deduction. And those who give stock would benefit from an egregious capital gains tax shelter. x.com/jacsamoby/st...
Samantha Jacoby on X: "House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected." / X
House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected.
x.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As CBPP's Samantha Jacoby explains, the school vouchers would be funded with a $1 for $1 tax break for contributions to voucher-bundling orgs—more generous than any other charitable deduction. And those who give stock would benefit from an egregious capital gains tax shelter. x.com/jacsamoby/st...
Reposted by Heather DuBois Bourenane
The national school voucher proposal in the Senate GOP reconciliation plan would threaten students’ access to quality public schools, give tax breaks to the wealthy, & override states that have rejected these harmful policies. Lawmakers who care about our kids’ futures should reject it.
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The national school voucher proposal in the Senate GOP reconciliation plan would threaten students’ access to quality public schools, give tax breaks to the wealthy, & override states that have rejected these harmful policies. Lawmakers who care about our kids’ futures should reject it.
TELL CONGRESS:
🍎 Oppose any executive or legislative effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
🍎Reject the implementation of a federal school voucher program.
🍎 Advocate for strong, fully funded public schools that serve all students.
🍎 Oppose any executive or legislative effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
🍎Reject the implementation of a federal school voucher program.
🍎 Advocate for strong, fully funded public schools that serve all students.
Public School Strong: Defend Against the Trump Administration’s Attacks
Public education is under attack. From attempts to defund public schools through voucher scams, to efforts aimed at censoring educators and whitewashing history, the Trump Administration and its allie...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
TELL CONGRESS:
🍎 Oppose any executive or legislative effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
🍎Reject the implementation of a federal school voucher program.
🍎 Advocate for strong, fully funded public schools that serve all students.
🍎 Oppose any executive or legislative effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
🍎Reject the implementation of a federal school voucher program.
🍎 Advocate for strong, fully funded public schools that serve all students.