Not exact matches
At least three Republican senators are demanding big 11th - hour changes to the
plan, including prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System from spending on diversity training, greatly raising the income eligibility
limit for the statewide school -
voucher program and repealing the state's remaining prevailing - wage laws within months.
Do you believe that even if a
limited voucher plan passes, the ultimate goal is statewide
vouchers with broad qualifications?
From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be
limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school
vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and
vouchers in favor of the
voucher - like tax credit
plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.
The GOP
plan also eliminates some enrollment rules for the state's
voucher programs, which
limit enrollment to students in certain grades and authorizes a state charter school office to create charter schools statewide without the approval of local school boards.
Lawmakers
plan to meet this summer to iron out legislation that creates a comprehensive school accountability system after passing a
limited school accountability bill in March that didn't impose consequences for low - performing
voucher schools or make changes to the state's school report card system.
Conservatives have attacked the
plan because of the
limits on enrollment, while opponents of
vouchers say they should not be allowed to expand statewide because over time participation in the program will grow and take resources away from public schools.
The idea behind this
plan seems to be to
limit it to Shelby County in order to mitigate opposition from lawmakers who fear a
voucher scheme may negatively impact school systems in their own districts.
Many had thought that the
plan to
limit vouchers to Memphis would give the proposal the necessary support to become law, winning over lawmakers who have wavered in their support for the school choice measure in recent years.
As I do not live in the U.K and am not
planning to return to the U.K for a few months (there is no stated time -
limit on the
voucher), am I able to reject it and instead ask for a refund (as the
voucher can be exchanged with any ticket type for any film, 2D or 3D, it's essentially a free viewing of another film)?