Republicans split on funding private schools

NBC News - Idaho is set to join more than two dozen states that have some form of public funding for private schools after the state Senate voted yesterday in favor of a bill to provide up to $5,000 in tax credits for students attending them. A similar bill in Texas appears likely to succeed, as well. But Republicans in some states, including Mississippi and South Dakota, have chosen not to advance bills this year that would expand financial support for private schools. It's one of the few visible chasms in a party that has widely supported President Donald Trump's agenda. More