Latest Bush Voucher Plan Faces Skepticism
A $100 million private-school-voucher plan proposed by President Bush would have to leap several hurdles to become reality, but its supporters hope that recent political advances for their cause and a link to the No Child Left Behind Act will help it avoid defeat this time around.
It remains unclear, though, whether the Bush administration will throw its full weight behind the voucher proposal—something that both proponents and detractors say must happen for the measure to succeed on Capitol Hill.
The proposal, called America’s Opportunity Scholarships for Kids, looks much like the voucher plans that Mr. Bush has proposed for several years in a row, which would have allowed students in low-performing schools to use federal money to attend private schools, charter schools, or higher-performing regular public schools. But this year’s version is more narrowly focused and has a stronger link to the No Child Left Behind Act, saying that only students in schools in the “restructuring” phase of the...
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