SOCM’s Rosa Ponce said the scholarship cannot cover the full cost of private school tuition, so it would only benefit families who can already afford private schooling, making the bill a discount for the wealthy. Meanwhile, the money that would have gone to the public school system would be siphoned toward private schools.
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