By: Mary Margaret Olohan
Reporter Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire highlighted in a recent article about a round roundtable hosted at The White House, led by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and featuring top Republican governors, lawmakers, and education leaders including ALEC Chief Economist and President Jonathan Williams.
The discussion follows President Trump’s executive order expanding education freedom and comes amid major legislative victories in Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming, advancing universal school choice policies nationwide.
The White House will host a Friday roundtable on school choice with top Republican governors amid sweeping victories on the issue across the country, The Daily Wire has learned.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who spearheaded a major victory for school choice in her state after taking office, will moderate the National School Choice Week Roundtable at noon on Friday, according to a White House official. Also at the table will be Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, where the legislature just passed a universal school choice bill, and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Texas, where school choice legislation is also expected to pass.
“The White House is excited to honor National School Choice Week with this roundtable,” a senior White House official told The Daily Wire. “President Donald Trump wants parents throughout the nation to be empowered to direct their children’s education.”
Universal school choice is a policy that gives parents access to public money to use towards a wide range of education options for their children, including private schools. Currently, three major bills on the topic are poised to become law in Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. Twelve states already offer universal school choice: Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
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Other expected attendees include Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and his wife Erika Donalds of the America First Policy Institute, Archdiocese of New York Chancellor John Cahill, Susquehanna International Group’s (SIG) Jeff Yass, and American Legislative Exchange Council’s Jonathan Williams.