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[PA] State House rejects school-voucher proposal
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 15, 2011 06:41pm |
| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Dec 14, 2011 10:40pm |
| Description | Gov. Tom Corbett wanted a school voucher program in his Christmas stocking this year, but the legislators decided against giving it to him.
In a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to deliver vouchers this fall, state House Republican leaders failed to get majority support for this centerpiece of Corbett’s education-reform package.
On Wednesday night, the House, following a lengthy debate, voted 105-90 to reject a scaled-back education-reform plan that would expand the state’s Education Improvement Tax Credit program and overhaul the state’s charter school law. |
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