Indiana school voucher expansion scaled back

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers scaled back a proposal Monday that could have opened Indiana's private school voucher system to thousands of more students.

Changes approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would allow kindergarteners and some other students to be immediately eligible for the program if their families meet income limits. But the committee removed a provision that would have waived the requirement for current private school students to spend at least one year in public schools before seeking a voucher.

The state budget proposal from House Republicans includes increased funding for what is already the country's largest voucher program by about two-thirds to $63 million over...

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Walker's voucher plan angers public school backers

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's plan to expand the private school voucher program statewide, while not allowing public school spending to increase, drew a raft of angry responses Monday from those who fear his budget leaves public school students behind.

The debate over Walker's public education funding proposal and desire to grow alternatives such as private school vouchers is likely to be one of the fiercest in the Statehouse this year, even dividing Republicans who control the Legislature.

Opponents to another part of Walker's plan — allowing vouchers for special-needs students — went to the Capitol on Monday to urge...

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Indiana school voucher expansion scaled back

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers scaled back a proposal Monday that could have opened Indiana's private school voucher system to thousands of more students.

Changes approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would allow kindergarteners and some other students to be immediately eligible for the program if their families meet income limits. But the committee removed a provision that would have waived the requirement for current private school students to spend at least one year in public schools before seeking a voucher.

The state budget proposal from House Republicans includes increased funding for what is already the country's largest voucher program by about two-thirds to $63 million over...

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