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The Georgia House of Representatives today passed legislation that would reinstate a crucial commission charged with authorizing charter schools, the first step in an effort by advocates of educational options to overturn a State Supreme Court decision that struck down the commission last year.
The Virginia Senate today passed legislation that would create a corporate scholarship tax credit program for children from low-income families, setting the stage for Virginia to join the ranks of states with publicly funded private school choice programs.
Education reform advocates joined more than 2,000 students and parents, as well as Governor Mitch Daniels and state legislators, in calling for expanded educational options at yesterday’s “Ed Reform Rocks Rally” at the State Capitol.
President Barack Obama’s newly-released federal budget would not provide funding to the highly-successful D.C. voucher program, despite an agreement signed by the president last year that reauthorized the program.
