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Stephanie Simon Reuters 6/1/2012 Louisiana is embarking on the nation’s boldest experiment in privatizing public education, with the state preparing to shift tens of millions in tax dollars out of the public schools to pay private industry, businesses owners and church pastors to educate children. Starting this fall, thousands of poor and middle-class kids will […] June 1st, 2012 | Tags: Gov. Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, North Carolina Child Care Commission, private sector, school lunches, vouchers | Category: Education, Louisiana, North Carolina, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
The fate of vouchers and tax credits will be decided in the courts. Chip Mellor Forbes.com 5/2/2011 As events in Washington, D.C., dominated headlines this spring, potentially historic education reforms in many state legislatures have gone largely unnoticed. Bills supporting parental choice through vouchers or tax credits have received unprecedented support in more than 20 […] May 3rd, 2011 | Tags: "Compelled Support" Clauses, Blaine Amendments, tax credits, teachers, vouchers, Zelman v. Harris | Category: Education, legislation, religion, SCOTUS, States, Unions | Comments are closed
Jennifer Cubachi 3/30/2011 Today, the House of Representatives voted 225-195 to allocate $20 million to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program. The program was put to a halt in 2009. If the bill passes the senate, and is signed by the president, the program will reopen to new applicants. Speaker Boehner was one of the principal […] March 30th, 2011 | Tags: D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program, Rep. Mike Pence, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR), Speaker John Boehner, vouchers | Category: Congress, Education | Comments are closed
Proposal would replace pilot program or state would go alone. Brandon Larrabee The Florida Times-Union 2/16/2011 TALLAHASSEE – The lead author of a proposal to overhaul the state Medicaid program said Tuesday that if the federal government rejects the plan, Florida might become the first state to withdraw from the program and instead craft its […] February 16th, 2011 | Tags: Gov. Rick Scott, Medicaid, Sen. Joe Negron, state budget, vouchers | Category: federal funding, Florida, insurance, Medicine | Comments are closed
The Foundry Heritage.org 1/25/2011 Parents across America who’d like to lift their children out of failing public schools can be grateful that the new leader of the House of Representatives gets it. Speaker John Boehner’s invited guests for tonight’s State of the Union address include students, teachers and other champions of vouchers that allow low-income […] January 26th, 2011 | Tags: D. C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR), Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Speaker John Boehner, vouchers | Category: Congress, Education, Michigan | Comments are closed
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