In National Review, Jeb Bush Praises GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner For Bringing Educational Freedom to Illinois Families

In National Review, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is highlighting how Illinois GOP Governor Bruce Rauner’s push to bring school choice to Illinois for the first time is getting results for families, noting that “Rauner has pulled off the seemingly impossible: He led a bipartisan effort to bring educational choice to Illinois.” Under a school funding bill, taxpayers are incentivized to provide donations for scholarships that give students-in-need the opportunity to escape struggling schools.

Jeb Bush writes in National Review:

“Something revolutionary is happening right now in education. Illinois, one of the most union-dominated states in the country, is ushering in a new era of educational freedom. Governor Bruce Rauner has pulled off the seemingly impossible: He led a bipartisan effort to bring educational choice to Illinois, and it begins this week.

Through a historic new program signed into law by Governor Rauner last year, taxpayers can now receive tax credits for helping fund a $100 million scholarship program. In the first year, children from families with incomes less than 300 percent of the federal poverty line will be eligible to receive a scholarship on a first-come, first-served basis.

…Illinois — and especially Chicago — has long been ripe for school choice. With some of the most severe poverty in the nation, far too many children are stuck in failing inner-city public schools. Thanks to Governor Rauner and his common-sense leadership, many of these children will now have a chance at a better education and a brighter future.”