Pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> That is, private schools truly are Lake Woebegon, where all children
are
>> above average. Vouchers will do one of two things. Either it will
accelerate
>> this affect, because if private schools are allowed to keep their
admissions
>> criteria, they'll then be able to just take the top, say, 20% instead
of
>> the top 40%, or they'll lose many of the reasons parents want to send
them
>> there.
>
>Yep!!!!! And as for "allowed to keep", I don't see how they can be
>prohibited from having such criteria.
Ever heard of the 14th amendment "equal protection under the law"?
All they have to do is say that a school must meet certain conditions
to be eligible for vouchers. One of those conditions could be
non-restrictive admissions.
There are school qualifications in the Milwaukee voucher program.
Among others:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/pi/pi035.pdf
<(a) The private school’s method for ensuring that, except for
<continuing pupils in the choice program at that private school and
<their siblings, pupils will be accepted on a random selection basis
<from a new pool of applicants each school year. Waiting lists from
<previous school years may not be carried over and used from one
<year to the next.
<FEES. (a) A private school participating in the Milwaukee
<parental choice program may only charge pupils participating
<under the program fees that may be charged by public schools to
<indigent pupils.
lojbab
Bob LeChevalier - artificial linguist; genealogist
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