Assignment: Education - Luther High prepares to enter voucher program
More La Crosse area families may have opportunity for free private school education.
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More La Crosse area families may have opportunity for free private school education.
Luther High School officials in Onalaska have been thinking about joining Wisconsin's private school choice program.
The La Crosse School District wants parents to know about information it will be sharing with an outside organization.
About five-percent of the students in the Aquinas Catholic School system are there thanks to a school voucher.
The number of vouchers for students across Wisconsin is going from 500 to 1,000 this year. The window to apply for the voucher program begins this Saturday, just two days before open enrollment begins for public schools. During this time school districts are competing for students and funding and now even more students have the opportunity to take their money out of the public school system.
Forty eight private and religious schools currently operating in 33 Wisconsin communities have registered to be a part of the state's newly expanded voucher program.
Hundreds of people are attending the first public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker's two-year budget proposal.