On the recordOctober 23, 1997
This bill will do nothing to improve public schools. It is just another tax break for wealthy Americans to help them pay for private schools. We already provide tax-favored savings accounts to help parents pay for college education expenses, both public and private. But there is no reason to expand this to pay for expenses from kindergarten to 12th grade at private schools. The money should instead be invested to improve public education from K to 12. A Democratic alternative that will be proposed today would use the money for interest-free bonds made available to public schools to pay for school construction and repair, purchases of equipment and teacher training expenses. Let us improve public education rather than siphon Federal dollars for private schools. Do not give up on the public schools.
Source
govinfo.gov
