Sentences with phrase «town tuitioning»

Generally speaking, town tuitioning allows students who live in towns that don't have district public schools to receive their per - pupil education tax dollars to pay tuition at a neighboring town's public school or a private school of their choice — sometimes even across state lines for families who live close to state borders.

In 1869, Vermont passes a law, which is the forerunner of today's town tuitioning program.

During his campaign, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu promised at a public hearing in Croydon that he would sign a bill protecting and expanding town tuitioning, and he kept his promise.

In addition to charter schools, New Hampshire already has two school choice programs — a tax - credit scholarship and a town tuitioning voucher program.

The NH Senate passed SB 8, a bill that would allow towns lacking a public school for certain grades to provide «town tuitioning» grants to students who attend non-sectarian schools.

The provision barring religious schools from participating in the program limits the amount of choices town tuitioning students actually have.

New Hampshire's town tuitioning program is very restrictive on eligibility for both students and schools.

When Friedman introduced these ideas there were two school choice programs in the country; town tuitioning programs in Vermont and Maine.

Not exact matches

While school choice does have a history in rural states — since 1869, Vermont has allowed parents to select a nearby school for their student to attend at the expense of their own town through a «tuitioning» program — few states have encouraged the direct creation of rural, publicly funded schools of choice.

Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private - school - choice programs, which include not only government - issued vouchers but also tax - credit scholarships, education savings accounts (ESAs), and town - tuitioning programs for rural families.