Mary Vought: Virginia's Terry McAuliffe puts special interests between parents and their children
Fox News
When Terry McAuliffe recently left early from an event hosted by a disability advocacy group to skip off to a swanky Las Vegas fundraiser, it represented but the most recent example of McAuliffe putting the needs of special interests ahead of the most vulnerable Virginians.
Terry McAuliffe’s approach to education in general is this: appeal to liberal special interests, while dismissing parents’ legitimate concerns.
In 2016, while serving as governor, McAuliffe vetoed legislation creating Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) in Virginia. The bill in question would have allowed parents of students with disabilities to receive taxpayer money from the Commonwealth in an account. Parents could have used those taxpayer dollars to fund tutoring fees, school tuition, educational therapies and services, and similar educational expenses.