According to The Commercial Appeal, a task force appointed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has skipped over the question of whether to create a school voucher program. Instead, the panel’s most spirited recent debate was over how soon vouchers could be offered in Tennessee.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports in The Republic that some private schools participating in Louisiana’s new voucher program teach creationism and reject evolution, promoting a religious doctrine that challenges the lessons central to public school science classrooms.
Continue reading...The Times-Picayune reports that District Judge Tim Kelley, of the 19th Judicial District, has ruled that he does not have jurisdiction to provide an injunction sought by opponents of Louisiana’s private school voucher program, saying his hands were tied by a state law that prohibits him from blocking the policy if that would create a deficit.
Continue reading...Thenewsstar.com reports that while one teachers union suit challenges the constitutionality of Louisiana’s statewide private school voucher program, another teachers’ group is polishing its suit before filing, and school boards are considering filing a third lawsuit in the next few weeks.
Continue reading...The Times-Picayune reports that Louisiana’s largest teachers association, some of its local chapters, and four individual public school teachers have filed two state lawsuits challenging the education overhaul Governor Bobby Jindal signed in April 2012.
Continue reading...The New York Times reports that although Georgia’s private school scholarship program was pitched as a way to provide poor students with the same education choices as their more affluent counterparts, donations to state-designated scholarship programs are benefiting students already in those private schools.
Continue reading...The Associated Press (AP) reports in thenewsstar.com that Governor Bobby Jindal has signed sweeping legislation overhauling public education in the state, while allowing many parents to send their children to private schools at public expense.
Continue reading...According to the Associated Press (AP), at the heart of brewing political fights is whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable. Opponents say they erode public schools by taking away money, violate the separation of church and state by giving public dollars to religiously based private schools, and are not a proven way to improve test scores.
Continue reading...Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed a measure that would have expanded a state law that allows state funds to be used to send children to private schools, according to eastvalleytribune.com.
Continue reading...The Tulsa World reports that a state court has struck down Oklahoma’s law providing private school vouchers to special needs students on the ground that it violates the state constitution. Under the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Act, the state sets aside public education monies to fund a portion of students’ private-school tuition.
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