Bobby Scott: “We also know that research on voucher programs are clear, they do not lead to academic benefits for low-income students.”

Treasury has no expertise serving students or institutions of higher education or monitoring servicers for accuracy.

It’s difficult to articulate how impractical these proposals are, to say nothing of the pain and suffering they’ll inflict on students, educators and their communities, if they were to become law.

Codifying this new system without assessing its effectiveness just doesn’t make any sense.

Will actually contribute to the creation of miles of bureaucratic red tape, inconsistent education policy and enforcement across the federal government and a significant waste of the taxpayers’ money.