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The inadequate number of eligible applicants has led federal officials to drop plans for a study that would have compared the achievement of voucher recipients with that of students who requested the grants but didn't receive them.

Not exact matches

«Some recipients would do fine with vouchers that they could use for any social services,» Olasky explains, «but it would be irresponsible to place unconstrained vouchers in the hands of addicts, alcoholics, and others not committed to changing their lives.»

There are highly partisan policy debates in which I have gladly joined on the conservative side — on federal enterprise zones, on a youth opportunity wage, on educational vouchers for low - income students, on stimulating ownership among responsible public - housing tenants, on requiring work from able - bodied welfare recipients, on dealing sternly with those who violently brutalize their neighbors.

At 10:30 a.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Beth Finkel, AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel will discuss Congressional proposals to create a voucher system for Medicare recipients with a projected 15,000 AARP members from across New York in a tele town hall.

One idea calls for creation of a voucher system, where recipients would negotiate with private insurers to get the best price.

When we spoke with Vicki Been, who heads up the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which administers the Section 8 program, she told us that there «were a very limited number of unattributed vouchers, about 600» from recipients who had left the program or moved out of the area (the Section 8 waiting list has been closed for years).

When we spoke with HPD commissioner Vicki Been last month, she told us that there «were a very limited number of unattributed vouchers, about 600 ″ from recipients who had left the program or moved out of the area (the Section 8 waiting list has been closed for years).

What makes Louisiana different from other cities is not just that they are regulating more heavily, but that voucher recipients take the state test, not some off - the - shelf norm - referenced test that is more in line with the ones that private schools normally use.

In April, Judge Lemelle ruled that Louisiana had to provide DOJ with a list of all voucher applicants and recipients.

Teske and Schneider note that the existing empirical work on school vouchers is quite positive on a variety of issues: academic considerations appear paramount when parents choose schools; voucher recipients are more satisfied with their schools than their peers within public schools; and vouchers lead to «clear performance gains for some groups of students using the vouchers, particularly blacks, compared with the control group.»

Amendments to the voucher bill - requiring that private schools have nondiscriminatory admissions and hiring policies; that voucher recipients take the Colorado Student Assessment Program test; and that some funding remain with school districts to cover fixed costs - also helped to earn the Children's Campaign's support.

State law mandates only a fraction of voucher schools, those with 25 or more voucher recipients, make their test scores public.

Instead, it says that researchers must use a «quasi-experimental» design, comparing voucher recipients to students with «similar backgrounds» in D.C. public and public charter schools.

Inside, along with offers for high dollar vacation packages and luxury car rental vouchers, is a certificate from Halo, Purely for Pets ®, entitling each recipient to donate 10,000 free bowls of Halo natural pet food to the animal shelter or rescue of their choice!

To ensure your gift voucher will be welcomed and enjoyed by the lucky recipient our team will be happy to coordinate the final touch of the accommodation arrangements with him / her directly to ensure requirements are met in the best possible way.

Gift Vouchers may be purchased in any amount and will act as a credit toward any travel purchase the recipient chooses to make with Islands In The Sun.

If you're not sure where the recipient lives, a cash voucher is the safest route — these can be used with RED instructors nationwide.