Parents for Choice in Education
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2007
Criticism of voucher-campaign push polling
Critics objected to a PCE-linked push poll used during the Utah voucher referendum campaign. The poll connected teachers' unions with positions on same-sex unions, taxation, and government involvement, and opponents characterized the tactic as politically misleading and aggressive.
2007
Controversy over out-of-state and private funding
PCE's voucher campaign attracted scrutiny because reporting described important out-of-state support and identified Patrick M. Byrne as the principal individual funder of the 2007 effort. The controversy concerned the influence of private and non-Utah money in a statewide education referendum.