[Vision2020] Vouchers now law

Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:23:11 -0700

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"...a scholarship worth 75 percent of what the state and local districts pay
to educate kids..."

Are they saying here that the private schools can provide a better education
with 3/4 the money?
Jack
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Jack Van Deventer
jack@wsu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Courtney [mailto:dale@courtneys.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:23 PM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Vouchers now law

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Vouchers
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now law
By <mailto:mwhaley@denverpost.com> mwhaley@den! verpost.com
Monte Whaley, Denver Post Education Writer
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 12:45 p.m. - Gov. Bill Owens today signed the
nation's largest school voucher bill, delighting school choice advocates and
hundreds of flag-waving children who surrounded Owens on the steps of the
State Capitol. 
"We've truly made history here in Colorado," said Owens. "We will change the
lives of thousands of Colorado students."
The measure allows parents of children in 11 Colorado school districts to
take their children out failing public school and put them in participating
private schools. Parents who take their children out of public classrooms
would be given a scholarship worth 75 percent of what the state and local
districts pay to educate kids.
The rest of the money will remain with the public school for as long as the
student remains in school.
Parents, lawmakers and students hailed the bill as a huge step to help poor
parents educate their children.
But the measure is likely to attract lawsuits from the Colorado Education
Association and the People For The American Way, who say it diverts badly
needed funding from public to private and religious schools.

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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Dale Courtney
[mailto:dale@courtneys.us]<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April =
16, 2003
1:23 PM<br>
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vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] =
Vouchers now
law</span></font></p>

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By =
<a href=3D"mailto:mwhaley@denverpost.com">mwhaley@den!
verpost.com</a> 
Monte Whaley, =
Denver
Post Education Writer 
Wednesday, =
April 16,
2003 =
- 12:45 p.m. - =
Gov.
Bill Owens today signed the nation's largest school voucher bill, =
delighting
school choice advocates and hundreds of flag-waving children who =
surrounded
Owens on the steps of the State Capitol. <o:p></o:p>

&quot;We've truly made history here in
Colorado,&quot; said Owens. &quot;We will change the lives of thousands =
of
Colorado students.&quot;<o:p></o:p>

The measure allows parents of children =
in 11
Colorado school districts to take their children out failing public =
school and
put them in participating private schools. Parents who take their =
children out
of public classrooms would be given a scholarship worth 75 percent of =
what the
state and local districts pay to educate =
kids.<o:p></o:p>

<p><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>The rest of the money will remain with =
the
public school for as long as the student remains in =
school.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3DVerdana><span =
style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Parents, lawmakers and students hailed =
the
bill as a huge step to help poor parents educate their =
children.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

But the measure is likely to attract =
lawsuits
from the Colorado Education Association and the People For The American =
Way,
who say it diverts badly needed funding from public to private and =
religious
schools. <o:p></o:p>

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