| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 7, 2000 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Vouchers: The Tussle Continues FLORIDA Last fall, Florida became first in the nation to offer vouchers statewide for students in ''failing'' schools--only two this year. Opponents are suing to stop it. CLEVELAND In December, a federal judge ruled the city's taxpayer-funded voucher program unconstitutional. Started in 1995, the program continues for nearly 4,000 children while the state appeals. Cleveland was first to allow vouchers to be used for parochial schools. MILWAUKEE More than 8,000 children attend private schools with taxpayer funds. The state Supreme Court found the program constitutional in 1998. MAINE/VERMONT Federal appeals court upholds decision excluding religious schools from a long-standing tuition program in Maine aimed at rural students. Vermont Supreme Court also rules that state's tuition program may not be expanded to include parochial schools. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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 RELATED ITEMS For-Profit Schools COVER IMAGE: For-Profit Schools TABLE: The Business of Education TABLE: For-Profit Charters: A Primer ONLINE ORIGINAL: Edison's Chris Whittle: ``Winners of This Race Are Children'' Going to Bat for Vouchers TABLE: Vouchers: The Tussle Continues ONLINE ORIGINAL: John Walton: ``Making a World-Class Education Available to Every Child'' ONLINE ORIGINAL: It's Time for a Refresher Course in Education Stocks INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
