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NJ: Lakewood Township private schools push vouchers

By Alliance Alert

Asbury Park Press: "Barely any of Lakewood's public school students will see a voucher; and still, 'This piece of legislation will help us more than any other town,' according to Republican state Sen. Robert Singer, who is also a Lakewood committeeman. ... In Lakewood, private school students outnumber their public school counterparts four to one ? a unique situation enhanced by the fact that they also comprise up to 20 percent of all low-income private school students in the state, far more than any other municipality, according to the latest U.S. Census data. Match that population with an inconspicuous addendum to the bill that reserves 25 percent of the $360 million in school vouchers for low-income students already in private schools, and Lakewood actually stands to win big."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 21, 2010 (boomark / email).