Sentences with phrase «voucher system called»

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

Call it The Hochul Effect: the strategy of tying Republicans to Ryan's well - known and controversial proposal to swap the current Medicare system to a voucher program.

Called Idemix, the software uses a system of anonymous vouchers that simply confirm a piece of information about an individual, such as that he or she is over 18, meaning they do not need to disclose identifying details in return for services.

Calling for more research ultimately rests on an intuition that vouchers may achieve important public objectives and that studying them will reap valuable information about the comparative strengths of public and private education systems.

In light of the progress on ESEA reauthorization, NSBA appreciates Members of Congress for their diligence, and will continue to call on them to pass a final bill that strengthens local governance, invests in Title I programs, and prevents federal funds from being used to, directly or indirectly, fund private education through tax credits, vouchers, or a choice system.

The laws have become part of a broader debate over the proliferation of charter schools, private school vouchers and everything else now dubbed «education reform,» a vague term used by self - professed reformers to describe nearly any attempts that call for challenging the traditional public school system.

In May, a bipartisan majority in the Texas House of Representatives stood up and rejected a bill, passed earlier in the State Senate, that would have brought so - called «education savings accounts» and «tax credit scholarships» (two examples of how proponents have rebranded vouchers) to the state's school system.

They point to essentially unchanged state aid and a call for expanding the state's voucher program as new challenges to Wisconsin's public school systems.

Evers» letter calls proposed testing procedures for public and voucher schools and a proposed letter grade system «dubious» ideas.

The Florida Education Association called Wednesday for the Florida Supreme Court to step into a fight over the state's de facto school - voucher system, setting off a battle that could determine whether the program can be legally challenged.

The Justice Department is seeking to bar the awarding of these scholarships, also called vouchers, in public school systems that are under federal desegregation orders, unless the vouchers first are approved by a federal judge.

Also, every PS Vita system will be packed with six AR Play Cards and one voucher to download a handful of augmented reality mini games called AR Play via the PlayStation Network.