San Antonio Businesses Launch Choice Program

Business leaders in San Antonio last week announced an educational choice program that will help fund private-school tuition for some 700 students from low-income families.

The Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation is modeled on the CHOICE Charitable Trust, a privately funded choice program in Indianapolis that has garnered national attention since it was launched last year.

The C.E.O. Foundation was announced April 15 with the initial support of three major contributors: the San Antonio Express-News, one of the city's two major newspapers; the USAA Federal Savings Bank; and the Kinetic Concepts Foundation, the charitable arm of Kinetic Concepts Inc., a major medical-equipment manufacturer...

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