Alabama: 29 private schools are now eligible to accept scholarships and transfer students under the state’s new Alabama Accountability Act (AL.com). The Revenue Department proposed rules for the new tuition tax-credit law and it will prohibit tax-credits for students currently enrolled in private schools (Associated Press). Arizona: School children in Phoenix have lots of educational… Read more »
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redefinED roundup: Charters in Pennsylvania, vouchers in Louisiana, tax credit scholarships in Alabama & more
Pennsylvania: The CREDO study finds Pennsylvania charter school students lagging behind traditional public school students (Tribune Review). York City School District officials are going door to door in an effort to convince parents, who enrolled their kids in charter schools, to come back to the city’s schools (York Dispatch). Washington: Spokane Public Schools is taking… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Charter schools in Arizona, tax credits in New Hampshire, parent trigger in Louisiana & more
Arizona: New statistics show the state has the second-highest percentage of students enrolled in charter schools in the nation (Today’s News Herald). Gov. Jan Brewer signs off on expansion of school voucher program, adding kindergartners and increasing funding for all students who qualify (Arizona Daily Star). Washington, D.C.: New study shows district and charter schools suspended one out of 10… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Charter schools in Texas, voucher funding in Louisiana, school choice in South Carolina & more
Texas: House lawmakers approve a plan to expand charter schools statewide (Associated Press). Pennsylvania: The state’s director of open records says charter schools are the No. 1 violator of the law (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review). Philadelphia public school officials recommend closing Discovery Charter School due to a dispute over enrollment caps and other concerns (NewsWorks). The School Reform Commission approved the renewal of… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Vouchers in Louisiana, charters in New Mexico, virtual ed in Virginia & more
Louisiana: Supreme Court rules that the funding method for the state’s expanded voucher program is unconstitutional (The Advocate). Gov. Bobby Jindal calls the ruling a victory because it didn’t dissolve the overall voucher program (The Times-Picayune). More from the Washington Post and Education Week. North Carolina: The Senate approves a bill that creates a charter school oversight board (Associated Press). Another bill aims… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Vouchers in Indiana, virtual education in Florida, school choice in Connecticut and more
Indiana: Lawmakers expand state’s school voucher program to allow more children to be immediately eligible. (Associated Press). The legislature may forgive $12 million in loans to nine failing charter schools (Associated Press). Washington, D.C. : Charter advocates make their annual plea to district officials for equitable funding (Washington Post). Malcolm E. “Mike” Peabody saw improving the city’s… Read more »
redefinED roundup: North Carolina’s voucher bill, Tennessee’s virtual ed cap, Mississippi’s charters & more
Texas: The State Board of Education votes to urge lawmakers to reject school vouchers – or any other mechanisms that reduce funding to public schools (Texas Tribune). Orthodox Jews, Catholics and leaders of other religious groups joined forces with private school advocates to rally for tax credit scholarships(The Yeshiva World News). California: L.A. mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, who wants… Read more »
redefinED roundup: vouchers in Indiana, home-schooling in Texas, anti-Muslim sentiment in Tennessee & more
Indiana: The state supreme court rules vouchers constitutional (Indianapolis Star). The decision could set a precedent for other states with Blaine amendments (ABC News). More coverage from StateImpact Indiana, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post. In the ruling’s aftermath, the Senate Education Committee approves a proposal to expand the program… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Texas looks at lifting charter caps, Indiana and Wisconsin bills to expand voucher access and more
Indiana: Republican lawmakers scale back a proposal to eliminate a requirement that students attend public schools for one year before becoming eligible for a private school voucher (Associated Press). They pass it mostly along party lines in the House (Associated Press). They’re advancing a proposal to switch administration of the voucher program away from newly elected… Read more »
redefinED roundup: Charter school parents in New York, tax credit scholarships in Montana & more
New York: More than 1,000 charter school parents rally in Albany to convince the state to let charter schools compete for state funding for pre-K (Fox23 News). Montana: Lawmakers hear from parents and other child advocates who want their state to open charter schools and support giving families more choices, such as tax credits (Great Falls Tribune)…. Read more »