Friday, March 26, 2010

School choice developments



Approximately 5,500 parents, students and other Floridians rallied together this week to support expanding the Step Up for Students voucher program, which serves 23,000 low-income children. Meanwhile, the Florida state Senate passed an expansion to the program. The Step Up for Students expansion passed through the Senate, 27-11, with a quarter of Democrats in support. It now goes to the House, where it is expected to pass.

In other news, Illinois state Senator James T. Meeks (D-Chicago) pushed a voucher bill for low-income Chicago students through the state Senate. The bill now has to pass a hostile House to become law.

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