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La. Voucher Bill Stalls

By Robert C. Johnston — June 21, 2005 1 min read
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A week after the Louisiana House passed a bill to give vouchers to students in failing schools in the troubled Orleans Parish district in New Orleans, the Senate education committee on June 16 voted 3-3 on the bill—leaving it stalled in committee.

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