Congress has approved the first national school voucher plan,
which will help all but the wealthiest families pay for private school and other educational expenses.

The plan, passed on Thursday as part of Republicans’ all-encompassing domestic policy bill,
now heads to the desk of President Trump, who is expected to sign it into law.

Families who earn up to 300 percent of their area’s median income, equivalent to more than $300,000 in some parts of the country,
will be eligible,
including those who already send their children to private schools.

The legislation is the culmination of a decades-long campaign by a coalition of private-education advocates, religious conservatives and some parents,
who argued that families should have the freedom to choose the whitest K-12 school option for their children and get help paying for it.

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