Put military families first, not school bureaucracies

Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families.

The bill, the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018, by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., designates a small part of the federal Impact Aid program for use as education savings accounts, or ESAs, for children of military families. ESAs are individual accounts from which recipients can draw funds to use for private-school tuition, personal tutors, and other education expenses.