Signature-gathering effort fails for measure that would have provided public money for private education

Proponents of a school voucher-like system have failed to collect enough signatures to put a proposed measure on the November 2024 ballot.

Advocates had hoped to collect 160,000 signatures to set up “school choice accounts” worth at least $7,600 for each school-aged child not enrolled in public school that families regardless of income level could use to pay for private school tuition or to defray home-school costs, among other items. They argued that such a mechanism would give families more control over their children’s education.