A number of private schools in Wisconsin that receive public funding through the state’s school voucher programs discriminate against LGBTQ students and students with physical or mental disabilities.
versus their peers who remained in public schools.
Around $443 million is spent annually on voucher programs in Wisconsin, derived from taxpayers across the state who may or may not support the idea of their tax dollars being spent to subsidize religious schooling. Every dollar spent on voucher programsIn Appleton, Wisconsin, one of the communities where students of Fox Valley Lutheran schools reside, public schools lost more than $5.6 million in aid due to voucher programs.
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