D.C. School Vouchers Left Out of Federal Budget Deal
by Arianna Prothero
Education Week
December 18, 2015
Although education spending as a whole got a $1.2 billion boost in a federal budget deal announced Wednesday, one small but high-profile program has been left out: Washington D.C.’s school vouchers.
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“Failure to reauthorize the SOAR Act jeopardizes the future of DC’s trajectory of expanding parent choice, which has undoubtedly contributed to the overall improvement of the quality of education in our nation’s capital,” said Jeanne Allen, Founder and President Emeritus of the Center for Education Reform, in a statement.
