Dive Brief:
- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has prioritized school choice, pushing for lawmakers to discuss a charter expansion proposal this week.
- On the table is a bill that would allocate $300 million annually to charter school expansion.
- The bill is expected to pass in the House, where charter schools feel less contentious than voucher programs, but it is unclear how it will fare in the Senate.
Dive Insight:
Most of the $300 million in the bill would go toward grants to expand top-performing charter schools, as well as the purchase of buildings to house charter schools.
For an idea of what some of the dialog surrounding the bill will look like this week, watch Cantor's January Brookings Institution speech on the need for school choice.
