No School Choice for D.C. Minorities!

This stinks. It really stinks.

A $410 Billion omnibus spending bill is lurking out there. A second chance for Democrats to blow more of our money.

However, they will NOT blow money on school choice! In the bill, there is language designed to kill the Opportunity Scholarship Program. This program gives families in D.C. up to $7,500 a year to attend the schools of their choice. D.C. schools spend over $14,000 per year per pupil and are among the worst schools in the country (students score last in math and next to last in reading among all urban schools in the US). To qualify, a student's income must be at or below 185% of the poverty level. 99% of the students who participate in the program are minorities. Studies show that participants in the program do better than those not in the program. The program is so popular that there are 4 applicants for each voucher. Without the vouchers, 80% of those students will attend failing public schools. Click here to read more about the voucher program.

Well, the word from the AP today is that Obama is going to sign this spending bill. Click here. The story actually said Obama would hold his nose and sign it, despite it containing more than 8,700 earmarks.

So let me get this straight. Obama's daughters go to a school that's about $30,000 a year. But he wants to cut out a program that allows other very poor, minority students in the same area to attend private schools for half the cost of a failing public school.

YOU ARE OBAM-INABLE!!