Sentences with phrase «school choice bill»

Widely viewed as the most sweeping school choice bill in the country, SB 302 then offers parents about $ 5,100 in per - pupil state funding to pay for tuition at private and religious schools.

Republican heavy hitters — including Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia and House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas — kicked off a campaign last week for school choice bills.

By Kim Martinez Year after year, victories at the Arizona legislature on school choice bills have been like surviving an Arizona monsoon season.

If I was a passionate opponent of school choice, I think I'd be ecstatic at the prospect of having Donald Trump's administration champion a big, visible, controversial school choice bill.

A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday ruled Nevada's controversial new school choice bill does not violate a constitutional ban against the use of taxpayer money for religious purposes.

REACH Alliance Applauds Senate for Advancing School Choice Bill Sen. Piccola & Sen. Williams» Senate Bill 1 Mirrors Most of Governor's Education Reform Plan (Harrisburg, PA — October 26, 2011)-- Senate Bill 1, The Opportunity Scholarship Act, was approved -LSB-...]

The American Federation for Children (AFC), the nation's voice for educational choice, praises the Texas State Senate for passing a large private school choice bill.

SB61 — Louisiana's Public School Choice bill, authored by Sen. Ben Nevers (D - Bogaulsa), passed with tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, which will allow students attending a D or F - rated public school to transfer to the A, B or C - ranked public school of their parents» choice, provided the school has room for the student.

Gov. Bryant Signs Two More School Choice Bills Into Law April 19, 2016 by Brett Kittredge Governor Phil Bryant signed legislation into law yesterday that will renew and expand two school choice programs for Mississippi students.

Democratically elected leaders creating school choice bills to allow parents to decide where to send their own kids.

Last year, he didn't put enough pressure on the Democratic majority that controlled the state senate to pass a proposed school choice bill; this led to the bill's defeat.

Bumsted adds that «the House would send its own bill to the Senate rather than make changes to S.B. 1, the Senate - approved school choice bill.

Other ALEC - originated school choice bills are also in the works for Wisconsin, including the Charter School Reform Bill (AB 51 - SB 22) and the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (AB 94).

Austin American - Statesman: Gov. Abbott Pledges to Support School Choice Bill this Session [VIDEO]

Of the various school choice bills that might enter the arena in Congress, creating tax credits to fund private school choice might be the most logical, and it's one of the options the Trump administration is considering.

For almost 18 straight months the Corbett team has permitted the Republican House to ignore SB 1, a pathbreaking school choice bill that passed last year.

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Year after year, victories at the Arizona legislature on school choice bills have been like surviving an Arizona monsoon season.

The state attorney general's office formally nudged a Las Vegas judge on Friday to move more quickly on a case that challenges the constitutionality of Nevada's controversial new school choice bill.

Advocates for a school choice bill that faces a do - or - die vote this week crowded into the Legislative Office Building on Tuesday to make their case.

JS: Last year 36 states and Congress introduced private - school choice bills, including 18 for education savings accounts.

The debate over a school choice bill in the Missouri legislature has opened a bitter rift among some of the state's top black elected officials.

TRACKING CAMPAIGN PROMISES: So where's that school choice bill?

If great teachers were really important to Mr. Van Roekel, he wouldn't be spending his time fighting to keep the worst ones while killing every school choice bill within his grasp.

The voucher bill was one of five school choice bills that the Texas legislature considered (and ultimately rejected) this spring.

The group argues that school choice bill would defund public education in Philadelphia and across the country by redirecting money to unproven charter schools.

This session, we will again keep you updated on key education reform and school choice bills that are pending in the legislature.

Republicans in Congress are lining up school choice bills.

With tension mounting in Madison surrounding the budget and Democrats and Republicans rarely seeing eye to eye on any issue, the Wisconsin State Senate today accomplished a rare feat by moving forward on a school choice bill in bi-partisan fashion by a 28 - 5 margin.

But the bill's author Senator Larry Taylor, R - Friendswood, had changes in mind to attract rural Republicans to his school choice bill.

But according to Wayne State University education professor Mike Addonizio, some worry that the school choice bill could attract low - quality charter managers that are so bad, they affect which schools are brought into the EAS, pushing out still struggling public schools.

In 2011, Indiana passed a school choice bill which currently allows 9,300 kids from low and middle income families with household income below 150 percent of school lunch eligibility to receive vouchers equal to between 50 and 90 percent of state per - pupil education funding to use at any of 289 schools — some of which provide religious education — that participate in the Choice Scholarship Program.