Utah's Broad Voucher Plan Would Break New Ground

Autor/in	McNeil, Michele
Titel	Utah's Broad Voucher Plan Would Break New Ground
Quelle	In: Education Week, 26 (2007) 23, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Private Schools; Low Income; Low Income Groups; Educational Vouchers; School Choice; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Niedriglohn; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	This article reports on the provisions of a new Utah voucher plan that is hoped to embolden other states to embrace universal-voucher programs. The legislation, the product of a six-year statehouse battle, would provide every public school student who wanted one, a voucher worth $500 per year, while low-income children would receive as much as $3,000 a year. To ease the financial loss to public schools, districts for five years would retain a portion of the state funding they would otherwise lose for each student who transferred to a private school, which could be secular or religious. Under the Utah plan, students currently enrolled in private schools would not be eligible to receive the vouchers unless they were from low-income families who qualify for reduced-price lunch. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10