Wisconsin Democrats Purpose to Eliminate School Choice Program
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 -- 7:27 AM
(WRN) -On the same day the vice-president celebrated with students in Wisconsin's school choice program, Democrats in the legislature propose to eliminate it.The charge the voucher program siphons resources away from public schools that need them. Marva Herndon serves on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors...
"The claim they are the saviors of these black and brown children, saving them from these poorly performing public schools."
Jim Bender is President of School Choice Wisconsin...
"In our history as a country, there have long been Caucasians, standing in the way of educational opportunity for people of color. So this isn't new. But it's certainly all that this bill represents."
Representative Jonathon Brostoff is a Milwaukee Democrat...
"This the exact same administration, that's Mike Pence's administration, that sees children as political pawns, as ways to make money."
Brostoff proposes legislation to eliminate the program that provides taxpayer subsidized vouchers to students at private schools, mainly in Milwaukee. Jim Bender is President of School Choice Wisconsin...
"You have a white representative, trying to close those schools and shutting off opportunity for those children of color. We shouldn't be dumb enough to fall into such a political stunt."
School choice is in little danger: the Democrats bill is unlikely to even receive a public hearing in the Republican-controlled legislature. Democrats claim the voucher program siphons resources away from public schools that need them.
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