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COMMENTARY: Nevada’s long road to educational freedom

Across the country, states are expanding educational freedom as families demand more flexibility and more options for their children. Nevada has made meaningful progress through charter school growth and open enrollment policies. Today, more than 15 percent of Nevada students attend charter schools, showing that families are actively seeking learning environments that better fit their children’s needs.

Still, access to educational choice remains uneven. While public school options have expanded, private school choice and home-schooling often remain financially out of reach for many working families. About 4.5 percent of Nevada students participate in private schooling and 6 percent in home-schooling. Yet support for these communities remains limited. Nevada’s private school choice program, the Opportunity Scholarship, has been capped at $6.6 million for years and currently serves only about 1,556 students, roughly 0.3 percent of Nevada’s K-12 student population.

Families need and deserve more. As a Nevadan who has spent nearly a decade advocating for educational opportunity and programs such as the Opportunity Scholarship, I know what the Education Freedom Tax Credit could mean for families across our state. For years, many of us fought to expand the Opportunity Scholarship program so more families could access educational options that fit their children’s needs, but those efforts often fell short.

While we will continue to advocate for expanding our state program, I remain grateful that Nevada leaders continue to fight for families through additional opportunities. The Education Freedom Tax Credit can be that opportunity. Congress made educational freedom a priority, and Gov. Joe Lombardo, rightfully so, opted Nevada into the tax credit. Soon, Nevada families will have greater access to educational freedom, and Nevada donors will see their support stay in-state to help kids here at home.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-nevadas-long-road-to-educational-freedom-3831347/