AB1 would, among other provisions, establish new funding for special education and pregnant-teen programs, increasing "state aid" to K-12 public schools by $532.5 million in FY 2026-27.
The Senate defeated AB1 on May 13, 2026, by a vote of 15 to 18. We have assigned pluses to the nays because education is not the role of government—it is the responsibility of a child's parents or family. Schools can and should be privatized, without any need for "state aid" that steals from taxpayers (e.g., income or property taxes) and drains the treasury. If not dismantled, the government's monopoly on K-12 education will continue to displace traditional private schools and homeschooling in favor of universal state-sponsored schooling. The best "school choice," by far, is for parents to choose not to place their child's education in the hands of the state. Educational and economic freedom cannot be achieved by forcing other citizens to give up their hard-earned tax dollars for all that now entails a compulsory, failing, and government-run school system.
