Alert: Contact your member of Congress to reject voucher scheme and Medicaid cuts

Congress is considering a dangerous budget proposal that includes a $20 billion federal school voucher scheme, which would drain critical resources from neighborhood public schools and funnel taxpayer dollars to for-profit private schools elsewhere.

To add insult to injury, the budget proposal would make huge cuts to Medicaid for families and children across Michigan, causing further harm to low-income students, parents, schools and communities. About 2.6 million Michiganders — including 1 million children — receive health coverage through Medicaid. In addition, Michigan schools received over $170 million in 2024 alone to provide physical and mental health services to students.

Read more about the impacts these Medicaid cuts would have on Michigan families and students here.

Combined, these proposals, both of which are packaged within the budget reconciliation bill being considered in the U.S. House, would wreak havoc on our most vulnerable students — particularly those in rural areas.

Please contact your local member of Congress today and urge them to protect our schools, kids and communities by rejecting these reckless Medicaid cuts and school voucher schemes!

 

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