Vouchers for disabled students popular but limited
December 17th, 2007Jennifer Fitzgerald called so many private schools this summer in search of a better education for her daughter, who has Down syndrome, that she lost count
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia’s new Special Needs Scholarship program — built on the promise that public school families of disabled children would get more schooling options — was a disappointment for most first-year applicants. According to state Department of Education figures, of 5,750 families who applied for a tuition voucher, 85 percent either couldn’t find a campus to accept their child, couldn’t afford the additional private school costs or didn’t meet all of the scholarship’s eligibility criteria.
Editor’s note: There are lots of heated reader comments attached to this article.
See earlier post here.
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