Title: Educational Voucher Program
Vote to adopt an amendment to S 2 that appropriates $30 million to establish six demonstration projects by which low-income parents may be granted vouchers to cover the costs of enrolling their children in a public or private school of their choice.
- Specifies that vouchers may be used to cover the costs of private sectarian schools [sec. 303 (1)]. - Defines "eligible child" as a child in grades 1-12 who is eligible for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Act [sec. 303 (2)]. - Requires the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to give priority to projects that [sec. 306 (b)]:
Title: Educational Voucher Program