Two years ago, 2021 was declared “The Year of Education Choice,” when 19 states enacted 32 new or expanded education choice policies.
This year could be even bigger, as more states consider making choice policies available to all K-12 students.
In 2021, West Virginia became the first state to enact a publicly funded education choice policy for all students, followed by Arizona the next year. This year, the number of states with universal choice policies has already doubled, with the addition of Iowa and Utah last month.
Now a slew of other states are advancing bills to empower families to choose the learning environments that align with their values and work best for their children. Most of the bills would create K-12 education savings accounts, which allow families to tap into a portion of the state education funds dedicated to their child, to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, textbooks, homeschool curriculums, online learning, special-needs therapy, and more.
