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Hochul vows to opt into Trump admin’s ‘Freedom’ scholarships despite opposition from teachers union

The Education Freedom Tax Credit approved by Congress and President Trump last year, but leaders of the teachers unions and other public school advocates claimed the program is a back-door privatization scheme aimed at siphoning taxpayers dollars from public schools.

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