The Douglas County school board voted 7-0, Tuesday night, to move forward with a school voucher program starting this fall. Douglas County’s voucher plan will allow 75 percent of state per-pupil funding, $4,575, to go with students to their schools of choice, starting later this year.
“It’s time for more choice, competition and innovation. Our children deserve a new approach.”” said school board President John Carson.
Jonathan Tee, with Alliance for Choice in Education said ACE has started a fund to help low-income Douglas County families with the monetary difference between the voucher and tuition.
A representative for Taxpayers for Public Education, said that they absolutely anticipate that there will be lawsuits.
It's about time that we realize the difference between public funded education and public ran education.
ReplyDeleteThe govt. doesn't belongs running the schools any more than it does operating a bakery or a coffee house.