DC Opportunity Scholarship

Compassionate Liberals Sabotage Minority DC School Kids

By Joy Tiz
Monday, December 21, 2009

Finally finding one government program they could do without, liberals passed an omnibus spending bill which included express language killing the successful Washington, DC school vouchers program.

“Deep in the folds of the thousand-page 2010 spending bill, which wraps together six bills, is language that (thankfully) would continue funding for students currently in the program but close it down for new students. Also included are onerous requirements about testing and site visits.

Contrary to claims of this being a compromise, the measure is really slow death for a program that provides $7,500 annually to low-income students to attend private schools.â€