Scott Walker’s Sneaky School Voucher Plan

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from The Progressive:



State legislators are busy hashing out the details of Governor Scott Walker's budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. But the governor's broad line-item veto powers mean that, even after all the hearings and revisions are over, Walker can rewrite sections of the budget with the stroke of a pen.

This is particularly worrisome for opponents of a controversial effort to expand private-school vouchers to nine new school districts around the state.

At a Friday press conference on the threat to public schools in Wisconsin, Democratic state representative Sondy Pope of Middleton said, "People who think 'Well, I'm safe, because my district isn't part of the voucher expansion,' need to understand that the governor might very well expand vouchers statewide."

All it would take, Rep. Pope explained, would be for the governor to cross out language in the budget requiring that a district have 4,000 students and two "failing" schools. Eliminate those qualifying clauses and, voila--every school district in Wisconsin will have to put local tax dollars into private schools. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/scott-walker-sneaky-school-voucher-plan

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