From the Associated Press — Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is backing a Michigan ballot drive to let students attend private schools and pay other educational expenses with accounts funded by donations that would be tax-deductible. Critics liken the scholarship funds to vouchers and say they would be unconstitutional due to a ban on public assistance for private schools. But DeVos, whose family has given $400,000 to the effort, says it would give all kids access to a quality education. The group needs 340,000 valid signatures to send each of two initiatives to the Republican-led Legislature. Lawmakers could enact the measures despite Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s veto of identical bills.
