When 100% of students get tuition vouchers, there’s almost no accountability

By: Megan O'Matz

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 1,822

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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This story first appeared in ProPublica.

At some point, my reporting colleagues and I began referring to them as the “100% schools.”

We were following the money that flows from states’ public coffers into private schools through vouchers when we noticed a subset of educational facilities where tax dollars cover all or a big part of the tuition for every student.

In essence, these were schools that were funded like public schools but didn’t …

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