Republicans are fast-tracking legislation to make sure that everyone who applied for a private school voucher this year gets one.

But the bill’s opponents argue it siphons money away from the public schools that more families are able to attend and that are not adequately resourced. “We’re talking about a few children where parents want to send them to private schools because they believe the public schools are failing,

State Senate leaders want to spend $248 million in the coming school year to ensure that private school vouchers are available to every family that applied, regardless of their income level.

Rosarian Academy students, parents, and staff, along with community members gathered to cut the ribbon on a new campus building on Wednesday.The opening of the