Voters in southeast Arkansas are choosing the Republican nominee Tuesday to succeed a lawmaker who stepped down to work in the attorney general’s office. Republicans Missy Wardlaw of Hermitage and Harrell Wilson of Rison are both looking to fill the Senate District 1 seat vacated by former state Sen. Ben Gilmore. The district in southeast […]
Over the last several weeks, West Virginia residents and lawmakers have learned much about the state’s school clothing voucher program and — judging by what I’ve seen on social media, in the press and at legislative meetings — most seem to have concluded it’s an important program that offers families vital economic support.
New Human Services Secretary Carl Ayers appeared before lawmakers for the first time Tuesday to field questions about the Morrisey administration’s handling of the school clothing allowance program for low-income children.
Amy Starzecki, administrator of the Superior school district in northern Wisconsin, detailed the financial difficulties her district has faced in recent years to a roomful of public education advocates gathered in the auditorium of Superior High School at the end of July. Starzecki’s district had to transfer $6 million from its general fund to cover […]
Newly released emails show that when the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office learned in April that spreadsheets on its website unintentionally exposed the names of students receiving private school vouchers, it downplayed the leak to families and drafted a statement blaming its software contractor. That provider says that is not where the problem started. And the […]
Civil rights complaints filed in Virginia and other states allege that Greystar, a national apartment management company, has violated fair housing laws by rejecting prospective tenants that use housing vouchers to help pay their rent. An investigation by nonprofit watchdog Housing Rights Initiative found over 100 instances where properties managed by Greystar in Virginia, Maryland, […]
Mothers told Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday that they would be unable to work — risking homelessness — without childcare vouchers for their young kids. “I wouldn’t be able to work without it,” said Jasmine Williams, whose children attend Shepherd Community Center’s Minnie Hartmann Neighborhood Childcare facility in Indianapolis. “I feel like it has […]
(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina’s education leaders spent their first meeting since the state budget became law questioning how two of the Legislature’s highest-profile education moves will work in practice.
(The Center Square) – School choice supporters are questioning why one of Wisconsin’s members of Congress is pushing so hard to kill the new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit.
(The Center Square) – A group of bipartisan lawmakers in Ohio want private schools that receive public taxpayer dollars to follow the same rules and academic accountability as the state’s public schools.
