Sentences with phrase «expanding voucher programs»

For example, many voucher proponents point to other measures of voucher effectiveness, such as increased parent satisfaction.59 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a strong proponent for expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.»

Expanding voucher programs and charter schools will involve more than just lifting the enrollment caps on such programs; it will also require private - or public - sector efforts to create more schools of choice.

Before expanding voucher programs statewide, it might be better to start with smaller programs using a lottery process.

Most taxpayers in Ohio and Wisconsin support and favor expanding voucher programs in their states that involve private schools, but believe those schools should be held accountable to the public, a new report concludes.

Following the election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2010 and his efforts to dramatically expand the voucher program, Williams again vocally objected.

It would take several years to phase in an all - charter district and expand the voucher program appropriately, but New Orleans» experience would allow this to be done more efficiently and avoid more pitfalls in the execution.

Now is not to time to take valuable resources out of public schools and expand a voucher program that is not improving performance.

Lawmakers voted to expand the voucher program considerably over the next two years, upping it from $ 11 million to $ 17.5 million next year and $ 24 million the following year.

If state policymakers expand voucher programs, this could increase the tax burden of citizens, especially those living in rural communities and small school districts with fewer students.

Indiana lawmakers are considering expanding the voucher program to make more students eligible, including siblings of current participants, military families, foster parents and students with special needs.

Last week, the Department of Public Instruction announced that almost three - fourths of voucher recipients in the state's new expanded voucher program were already attending private school.

Why are we continuing to expand a voucher program that still has not policy in place to hold partner schools accountable?

They clearly see a link between «accountability» and vouchers and will use test results to try to continuously expand voucher programs, even if Bush drops it this year.

But legislators did send a positive signal when they rejected a bill advanced during the waning days of the legislative session that would have further expanded the voucher program by allowing up to 45 % of vouchers to be awarded to kindergartners and first graders.

State Democrats criticized Walker's budget proposal for not doing enough to make up for previous cuts to education funding, attacking in particular his decision to expand the voucher program.

But the state Supreme Court overturned Judge Hobgood's temporary stay, and as the state's administrative office handling Opportunity Scholarships rushes to get the vouchers into the hands of families and private schools before a final court ruling could find the program unlawful, Rep. Stam has been working hard to expand the voucher program to nearly double its intended size in time for the start of the school year.

What seemed like a done deal last Thursday was undone late the next day when Joint Finance Committee member Sen. Luther Olsen, R - Ripon and Rep. John Nygren, R - Marinette offered a motion to expand the voucher program to Green Bay as part of the governor's budget.

By last September, state officials said 4,944 students had taken advantage of the newly expanded voucher program.

«It seems, again, irrational to me to say, public schools, you're going to have to make do but let's expand the voucher program over here where history has shown us that 70 to 80 percent of those kids are already in private schools,» Evers said.

The prospect of an expanded voucher program is not a welcome one among the District's elected officials, who chafe as Congress — where the District has no vote — passes laws that shape the landscape of city education.

Many also are ideologically opposed and worry that an expanded voucher program could threaten the progress and growth of the city's traditional public and public charter schools.

The Florida Education Association, the teachers union, says the Republicans» goal is to expand the voucher program and get more taxpayer money into private hands.

DeVos could simply require that states use that money to expand voucher programs and then reject grant applications that spell out too rigorous a set of academic standards for private schools that benefit as a result.

The choice program started in 2011, when Mitch Daniels was governor, and continued under Pence, who drove an effort to expand charter schools and loosen eligibility requirements to expand the voucher program's reach.

Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma also passed laws that created or expanded voucher programs, according to EdWeek.

Scott wants to expand a voucher program that allows low - income and disabled students to use public money to go to private schools to ALL students.

Trump has said he wants to spend $ 20 billion to help states expand voucher programs, and the people who administer the only federally funded voucher program currently operating, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, say they expect to get more federal money soon to expand by «hundreds of new students» for the 2017 - 2018 school year.

In that blog we stated, «Voucher supporters, along with money from outside interests, will stop at nothing to expand voucher programs in Tennessee, effectively creating a privatized black hole for taxpayer dollars.

In addition, we were able to expand our voucher program with our local veterinarians, distributing an additional 50 vouchers to pet owners that live in our targeted area.

Not exact matches

Trump had sought $ 1 billion to encourage public school districts to adopt choice - friendly policies, and another $ 250 million to expand private - school voucher programs.

The City will leverage Project - Based Section 8 vouchers to make housing affordable to those seniors whose income remains stagnant or declines over time, and will continue to push for expanding income eligibility in the SCRIE program.

The Governor also touched on familiar themes such as his education plan which included more overall funding for schools, expanding school choice as well as the state's voucher program and pre-K.

The momentum in Florida to expand one of that state's voucher programs is a subtle but significant sign that such programs, which have been anathema to many Democrats, are beginning to win bipartisan support in a number of states.

The second type is worded to suggest that vouchers would expand choices for parents generally and that parents with children in public schools would be part of the program.

The central purpose of a voucher program is to expand the choices available to all qualifying parents, especially those who now have kids in public schools.

Along with Indiana, which created the nation's most expansive voucher program earlier this year, almost a dozen states have in 2011 enacted legislation that will create, expand, or restore school choice programs.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week upheld a 1995 state law that expanded the pioneering Milwaukee voucher program to include religious schools.

«We couldn't have asked for a stronger opinion to defend on appeal,» said Clint Bolick, the litigation director of the Washington - based Institute for Justice, which represents a group of low - income Milwaukee families who could receive vouchers under the expanded program.

In addition to legal challenges, opponents of special education vouchers are beginning to advance political and educational arguments against the idea as new programs are being considered in states such as Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and the existing Ohio program is poised to expand.

In recent years, choice advocates cheered because Indiana and Louisiana adopted new voucher programs and because charter schools — boosted by President Obama's Race to the Top program and movies like Waiting for Superman — continued to expand and attract supporters.

Romney's major proposal would expand school choice by essentially turning $ 15 billion in Title I funding and $ 12 billion in IDEA funds into «vouchers» that eligible students could spend to attend any district, charter, or private school (state law permitting) or for tutoring programs or digital courses.

There is no way to address these issues fully without expanding the number and scale of publicly funded voucher programs.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

The Milwaukee movement would experience another major victory six years later when the voucher program was expanded to include religious schools.

Ohio The Educational Choice Scholarship Program, enacted in 2005, is a failing schools voucher that was expanded to provide over 31,000 scholarships in 2011 - 2012 and 60,000 scholarships in 2012 - 2013.

Pence won big in his push to expand the state's voucher program, successfully lifting the cap, which was previously $ 4,800, on the amount of money families can receive when sending their children to private schools.

With 13 states launching or expanding school voucher programs, and 509 new charter schools opening this year, more parents can take advantage of the school choice options that have been a cornerstone of the nation's school reform movement.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has pushed the hardest, enacting a law that removes the cap on the number of charter schools in his state, authorizes all universities to register charters and expands an existing voucher program in the state for students to attend private and charter schools (in some cases managed by for - profit companies).

Pence has won big in his push to expand the state's voucher program, successfully lifting the cap (previously $ 4,800) on the amount of money families can receive when sending their children to private schools.

That's a particularly powerful way to engage faith communities in expanding their mission into education, as we've seen with voucher and tax - credit programs in Florida and elsewhere.