Voucher Bills in Tennessee and Indiana/ Parents Across America Blueprint/ Budget Petition

Tennessee Senate approves first school-voucher bill

Memphis Commercial Appeal, By Richard Locker, Posted April 21, 2011 at 3:23 p.m.

NASHVILLE -- The state Senate has approved a school-voucher bill that would allow lower-income students to take some taxpayer funding and transfer to a private, church-related or other independent school that would accept them or to a public school with room.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/21/tennessee-senate-approves-first-school-voucher-bil/

(Tennessee) Benefits mixed for schools, students in voucher program

Public, private schools disagree on prospects

Memphis Commercial Appeal, By Jane Roberts, Posted April 23, 2011 at midnight

Even with a state voucher system offering $5,400 toward tuition, LaTonya Farmer, a single mother in South Memphis, couldn't afford to send her son to private school, rendering the program useless for her and thousands of families like hers.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/23/voucher-program-benefits-mixed/?partner=popular

Indiana Voucher Bill Close to Becoming Law?

Education Week, State EdWatch Blog, By Sean Cavanagh on April 22, 2011 4:14 PM 

A measure to create a new school voucher system in Indiana, notable because it would make money for private schools available to middle-class families, has cleared an important legislative hurdle.

Indiana's state Senate on Thursday approved the Republican-sponsored measure by a 28-22 vote, and it is expected to go back to the House of Representatives or to a conference committee for consideration this coming week. The GOP controls both legislative chambers in the state.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2011/04/indiana_voucher_bill_close_to_becoming_law.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StateEdwatch+%28State+EdWatch%29

Parents spell out detailed school reform blueprint

Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog, By Valerie Strauss, Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 04/22/2011

A national grassroots organization called Parents Across America — a leading group in a young, growing protest movement against test-based school reform — just released its own blueprint for the rewriting of No Child Left Behind.

Concerned about the Education Budget? Let Governor Corbett Know

Governor Tom Corbett
Phone: (717) 787-2500, Fax: (717) 772-8284, Email: governor@state.pa.us

Petition to Stop Pennsylvania's billion-dollar cut to education

This petition is sponsored by Penn ACTION (http://pennaction.org) and Education Voters PA (http://educationvoterspa.org).
http://www.signon.org/sign/stop-the-billion-dollar/?source=homepage.