Wisconsin Voucher expansion is threat to public education

Appleton Post-Crescent:

here's a train coming, folks. And, unlike the proposed Madison-to-Milwaukee rail, this train really is high-speed.

If we're not paying attention, it could end up crippling public education in Wisconsin.

Gov. Scott Walker had already included in his 2011-13 budget proposal a plan to change the Milwaukee school voucher program, which allows low-income students to attend private schools on the taxpayers' dime.

It would eliminate the enrollment caps; expand it to include schools in all of Milwaukee County, not just the city; and phase out income limits, opening the program to middle- and high-income families.

The Assembly last week passed a separate bill that eliminated the caps and the Milwaukee-only school requirement.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 16, 2011 1:21 AM
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