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The New Orleans school voucher program helps children who have struggled mightily in the public school system, has yielded tremendous parental demand, and primarily benefits younger children in early grades, the Louisiana Federation for Children (LFC) reiterated today.
More states have passed school voucher or scholarship tax credit legislation in 2011 than ever before, according to an analysis by the American Federation for Children—the nation’s voice for school choice.
With the support of 65 percent of Democrats in the legislature, North Carolina this morning enacted a new, $6,000 tax credit benefiting families of children with disabilities.
Two of Ohio’s existing school choice offerings will be significantly expanded and the state will become the first in the country with four different school voucher programs after Gov. John Kasich today signed into law a state budget that considerably increases the number of educational options available to Buckeye State families.