Ways and Means Hearing on Educational Freedom and Opportunity
School Choice – A Parent’s Perspective
Sharon Sedlar’s Testimony on:
“Educational Freedom and Opportunity for American Families, Students, and Workers”
for a hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means
“It is time to put power and increased resources into parents’ hands to serve each unique student’s needs most appropriately, particularly given the challenges today’s students face…Passing policy that will help ensure that those options are not limited to certain states, and that children across our great nation will have the chance to learn, is sorely needed and would be life-saving for so many.”
Opening PaFEC Remarks
Our Story
Response to U.S. Representative Mike Kelly
The Importance of School Choice
Response to Chairman Jason Smith
Expanding 529 Accounts
Response to U.S. Representative Kevin Hern
529 Expansion Beyond K-12
Response to U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington
ROI on K-12 Expansion
Seven Key Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Educational Freedom and Opportunity
“At a hearing on expanding educational freedom and opportunity for American families, students, and workers, witnesses shared powerful stories of how more educational options changed the course of their lives, created better educational resources for their kids, and helped their fellow Americans learn the skills and enter the workforce.
“Members and witnesses discussed how expanding the potential uses of 529 education savings accounts to cover expenses like books, tutoring to help students catch up after online school, educational therapies for students with disabilities, and homeschooling costs, can help the wave of families who are searching for educational alternatives after multiple years of virtual learning exposed the failures of our nation’s schools. Beyond K-12 education, members also explored allowing parents and students to pay for a skilled labor or licensing program with a 529 account to end America’s shortage of skilled labor.”