Your Panicked #wisconsin Governor: Here Come The School Vouchers

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1. Scott Walker, Mary Burke draw sharp contrast on expanding vouchers

Scott Walker, Mary Burke draw sharp contrast on expanding vouchers

[link: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-says-hed-back-lifting-voucher-caps-hits-burke-on-education-b99343754z1-273788251.html| http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-says-hed-back-lifting-voucher-caps-hits-burke-on-education-b99343754z1-273788251.html]


....Burke has said in previous statements provided to the Journal Sentinel that she would support the continuation of the voucher programs in Milwaukee and Racine, but that she would insist on greater accountability policies for both.

But she's in favor of eliminating vouchers outside those cities.

Burke said Wednesday that if all low- and middle-income students were allowed to enroll in the statewide voucher program, it wouldn't be unrealistic to see another 100,000 students participate.

If that happened, she said, where would the state come up with the $721 million needed to fund the vouchers?

Burke has said in previous statements that she would prefer to repeal the statewide program, and put the $30 million used to pay for it now back into neighborhood, public schools.......