Pennsylvania's Democrat governor caves on school choice program he staunchly backed to appease his own party
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Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro gave into members of his own party blocking the passage of a state budget over funding for school choice despite his own support for it.
"I will line-item veto the full $100 million appropriation and it will not be part of this budget bill," Shapiro added, referencing the Program for Advancing Scholarship and Service funding, or PASS Scholarships, included in the budget passed by the Republican-controlled state Senate on Friday. Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
A supporter of the funding and increasing school choice for Pennsylvanians, Shapiro had struck a deal with Republicans on what would be the state's first-ever "voucher" program for private and religious schools, and insisted on including $100 million for it in the budget.