Wisconsin Statewide Parental Choice Program Likely to Exacerbate School Funding Inequity
October 04, 2017
October 04, 2017
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 4 -- The National Education Policy Center issued the following news release:
In 2013, Wisconsin's legislature added a statewide voucher program to its longstanding Milwaukee voucher program and a newly enacted voucher program in Racine. The state expanded the statewide program in 2015 and changed the funding mechanism of the program so that its cost was borne by local school districts. The program is already distributing tens of millions of dollars to pay p . . .
In 2013, Wisconsin's legislature added a statewide voucher program to its longstanding Milwaukee voucher program and a newly enacted voucher program in Racine. The state expanded the statewide program in 2015 and changed the funding mechanism of the program so that its cost was borne by local school districts. The program is already distributing tens of millions of dollars to pay p . . .