California's toe in the water on school "vouchers"?

Peter Hanley:

Editor's note: Progress in the parental school choice movement is measured not only by big gains in states like Indiana and Louisiana, but by the flurry of incremental developments in more states every year. Peter Hanley, executive director of the California-based American Center for School Choice, offers a look at encouraging developments in his home state.

California has the nation's largest charter school program, with 982 charter schools serving 412,000 students. But with nearly a two-thirds Democratic legislature heavily influenced by the California Teachers Association, tax credit scholarships or vouchers have been entirely off the table. In fact, charter schools' flexibility is under near constant attack. Now, though, two legislators have introduced innovative approaches that address a unique feature in California's constitution and attempt to bring educational tax credits to the state.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 15, 2012 2:09 AM
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