Sentences with phrase «only federal voucher»

The so - called D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is the only federal voucher program in the country and has long been championed by Republican leaders such as former House Speaker John Boehner.

The OSP is the only federal voucher initiative.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers considering portability or other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.

When participants in Florida's McKay voucher program were surveyed, only 30 percent reported they had received all services required under federal law from their previous public school, while 86 percent reported their McKay school provided all the services they promised to provide.

Even if the Supreme Court were to resolve the federal and state legal questions in favor of vouchers, it would only be setting the stage for the next arena of conflict.

Only 30.2 percent of voucher participants said they received all services required under federal law from their public school, while 86 percent reported their McKay school provided all the services they promised to provide.

But, if that's all true, then I'm wondering why those same voices have yet to speak up now — even if only to say, «We disagree vehemently with Secretary DeVos on school vouchers, cuts to federal spending, and the whole Trump agenda, but calling her a «white supremacist» is out of bounds and antithetical to what we believe in.»

Only the Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Ohio EdChoice scholarships require parents to meet the difference between the voucher amount and tuition, and that only applies to families with incomes more than 200 % higher than the federal poverty lOnly the Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Ohio EdChoice scholarships require parents to meet the difference between the voucher amount and tuition, and that only applies to families with incomes more than 200 % higher than the federal poverty lonly applies to families with incomes more than 200 % higher than the federal poverty line.

To opponents, the creation of a federal program that pays for children to attend private schools can only foster the spread of vouchers.

What will happen to the school voucher program in Washington, D.C., the only voucher program to receive federal funds?

The DC voucher, which is the only federally funded voucher in the country, authorizes $ 20 million a year in federal taxpayer dollars to fund private schools in the District of Columbia.

Not only does the federal government lack constitutional jurisdiction (outside of Washington, D.C., military installations, and tribal lands), but a federal voucher program poses a danger to school choice efforts nationwide because a less - friendly future administration could attach regulations that undermine choice policies.

After all, the nation spends over $ 600 billion annually on public education, but only 9 % of that is federally funded which is why Trump's voucher and choice proposal assumes, very optimistically, that states will kick in over $ 100 billion additionally over the $ 20 billion from the federal government.

A large - scale federal voucher program (Trump uses $ 20 billion as the figure) could go directly to schools and / or only work with states or districts if there are supportive voucher, tax credit, or charter programs.

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.

This paper focuses on the most recent evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which is the only voucher program funded and authorized by federal law and uses a randomized control trial design.29

Vouchers in Wisconsin are offered only to students with disabilities or whose family incomes are equal to or less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, or 300 percent of the federal poverty level if the student lives in Milwaukee or Racine.

I'm not aware of any federal program that only helps the elderly, but in my experience, the majority of one bedroom voucher holders happen to be seniors.

Becerra told attendees about his work with HUD, where he pioneered a home ownership voucher program in Arizona; the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he helped preserve the federal government's only rural homeownership program for low - and moderate - income families; and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, where he formerly served as a Senior Housing Fellow.