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School voucher program’s growth costs taxpayers, Wisconsin Watch reports
Wisconsin’s private school choice program has expanded massively over the last three decades. Starting in Milwaukee in 1990, taxpayers covered just 300 students’ tuition for a total of 700,000 dollars. That spending has ballooned to 700 million dollars this year, Wisconsin Watch finds in a new report, with nearly half of the state’s private school students receiving a voucher last year.
For an in-depth look at Wisconsin’s educational landscape, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with data investigative reporter Hongyu Liu.
Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.
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By WORT 89.9FM MadisonWisconsin’s private school choice program has expanded massively over the last three decades. Starting in Milwaukee in 1990, taxpayers covered just 300 students’ tuition for a total of 700,000 dollars. That spending has ballooned to 700 million dollars this year, Wisconsin Watch finds in a new report, with nearly half of the state’s private school students receiving a voucher last year.
For an in-depth look at Wisconsin’s educational landscape, our News Producer Faye Parks sat down with data investigative reporter Hongyu Liu.
Image courtesy: Chali Pittman / WORT News.