Dumb and Dumber: Teacher Knows Best

Milwaukee, site of the nation’s first publicly funded private-school voucher program (and the only such program until Cleveland’s kicks off in the 1996-97 school year), has once again thrust itself into the voucher vanguard. Beginning this fall, its path-breaking Parental Choice Program expands to include low-income children wishing to attend Milwaukee’s religious schools.

To date, 102 religious schools have notified the state of their intent to participate—welcoming voucher students in a phased process that will open eligibility to 7,250 Milwaukee children immediately, and 15,700 for 1996-97. The program retains its means test for eligibility: participating families may earn no more than the eligibility level for reduced-price lunches.

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Milwaukee, site of the nation’s first publicly funded private-school voucher program (and the only such program until Cleveland’s kicks off in the 1996-97 school year), has once again thrust itself into the voucher vanguard. Beginning this fall, its path-breaking Parental Choice Program expands to include low-income children wishing to attend Milwaukee’s religious schools.

To date, 102 religious schools have notified the state of their intent to participate—welcoming voucher students in a phased process that will open eligibility to 7,250 Milwaukee children immediately, and 15,700 for 1996-97. The program retains its means test for eligibility: participating families may earn no more than the eligibility level for reduced-price lunches.