[Vision2020] Vouchers now law

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Jack,
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This is something that's treated as a dirty little secret. In the civil
government (Federal, State, and City), you have a "labor acceleration =
rate"
that has to be applied to your salary. This "acceleration" captures the =
true
cost per productive hour and is the government's share of fringe =
benefits
and unproductive time (leave, fringe benefits, etc). It is applied to =
the
cost per hour paid and is calculated as follows:=20
=20
    (Leave + Fringe Benefits)/Total Pay
=20
What Colorado is saying is that you can take the kids (and their =
funding),
but you cannot have the "labor acceleration" that goes with it.=20
=20
In fact, one of the major reasons that private schools can educate the =
kids
for 1/3 of the government schools is because they don't have to pay that =
25%
labor acceleration; plus, they don't have to follow the bogus salary
structure that the government uses (no merit, just years).=20
=20
Any rate, a long answer for a short question.=20
=20
Best,
Dale
-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] =
On
Behalf Of Van Deventer, Jack
Sent: Wednesday, 16 April, 2003 13:23
To: 'vision2020@moscow.com'
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Vouchers now law

".a scholarship worth 75 percent of what the state and local districts =
pay
to educate kids."
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Are they saying here that the private schools can provide a better =
education
with 3/4 the money?
Jack
______________________________
Jack Van Deventer
jack@wsu.edu
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-----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
<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1330085,00.html> =
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.=20
"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.=20

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size=3D2>Jack,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D260043820-16042003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>This=20
is something that's treated as a dirty little secret. In the civil =
government=20
(Federal, State, and City), you have a "labor acceleration rate" that =
has to be=20
applied to your salary. This "acceleration" captures the true cost per=20
productive hour and is the government's share of fringe benefits and=20
unproductive time (leave, fringe benefits, etc). It is applied to the =
cost per=20
hour paid and is calculated as follows: </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D260043820-16042003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Leave + Fringe Benefits)/Total=20
Pay</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D260043820-16042003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>What=20
Colorado is saying is that you can take the kids (and their funding), =
but you=20
cannot have the "labor acceleration" that goes with it. =
</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>In=20
fact, one of the major reasons that private schools can educate the kids =
for 1/3=20
of the government schools is because they don't have to pay that 25% =
labor=20
acceleration; plus, they don't have to follow the bogus salary structure =
that=20
the government uses (no merit, just years). </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Any=20
rate, a long answer for a short question. </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D260043820-16042003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D260043820-16042003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Dale</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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align=3Dleft><FONT=20
  face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
  vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] <B>On =
Behalf=20
  Of </B>Van Deventer, Jack<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 16 April, 2003=20
  13:23<BR><B>To:</B> 'vision2020@moscow.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:=20
  [Vision2020] Vouchers now law<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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  scholarship worth 75 percent of what the state and local districts pay =
to=20
  educate kids&#8230;&#8221;</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
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  color=3Dnavy size=3D3><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Are =
they=20
  saying here that the private schools can provide a better education =
with 3/4=20
  the money?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">jack@wsu.edu</SPAN></FONT><FONT =

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  Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> =
Dale=20
  Courtney [mailto:dale@courtneys.us]<BR><B><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, April 16, 2003 =
1:23=20
  PM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>=20
  vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] Vouchers =
now=20
  law</SPAN></FONT></P>
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 this article</A> <A href=3D"http://www.denverpost.com">View Denver =
Post</A>=20
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 now law</A><SPAN=20
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Verdana"><o:p></o:p>
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 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">By=20
 <SPAN=20
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 href=3D"mailto:mwhaley@denverpost.com"><SPAN=20
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#666666">mwhaley@den!=20
 verpost.com</A> <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Monte=20
 Whaley, Denver Post Education Writer<SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana"> <FONT=20
 face=3DVerdana color=3Dblack size=3D1><SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Wednesday,=20
 April 16, 2003<SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">=20
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">- =
<SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">12:45 p.m. - Gov. Bill Owens =
today signed=20
 the nation's largest school voucher bill, delighting school choice =
advocates=20
 and hundreds of flag-waving children who surrounded Owens on the steps =
of the=20
 State Capitol. <o:p></o:p>
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"We've =
truly made=20
 history here in Colorado," said Owens. "We will change the lives of =
thousands=20
 of Colorado students."<o:p></o:p>
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The =
measure=20
 allows parents of children in 11 Colorado school districts to take =
their=20
 children out failing public school and put them in participating =
private=20
 schools. Parents who take their children out of public classrooms =
would be=20
 given a scholarship worth 75 percent of what the state and local =
districts pay=20
 to educate kids.<o:p></o:p>
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The =
rest of the=20
 money will remain with the public school for as long as the student =
remains in=20
 school.<o:p></o:p>
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana">Parents,=20
 lawmakers and students hailed the bill as a huge step to help poor =
parents=20
 educate their children.<o:p></o:p>
 <SPAN=20
 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">But the =
measure=20
 is likely to attract lawsuits from the Colorado Education Association =
and the=20
 People For The American Way, who say it diverts badly needed funding =
from=20
 public to private and religious schools.=20
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