Heartland: Wisconsin to Expand Voucher Program

Wisconsin’s legislature expanded school vouchers statewide this month inside a budget measure that passed the Senate by one vote June 21. The expansion will allow up to 500 low-income students next year and up to 1,000 in following years to attend private schools, in addition to those already using vouchers in Milwaukee and Racine schools. 

“I hope … as the program grows over the next two years, that the people in the outstate areas of Wisconsin who aren’t as familiar with the program … will have an opportunity to see that the program is successful. It makes a difference in the lives of families who find that their children are trapped in schools that are failing them,” said state Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa). Read more.

This article appeared in School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, June 26, 2013.