School choice for military dependents?
The Marine Corps Times is reporting a federal proposal to provide school choice to children of military men and women.
A key senator has come up with a proposal to subsidize attendance at private or charter schools for military dependents.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, ranking Republican on the Senate armed services subcommittee on personnel, proposes a pilot program where the Defense Department would give “scholarships” to selected elementary and secondary school students that could be used to pay for private schools or the charter schools.
One military spouse testified:
“To have our children in one area with quality blue ribbon schools and then be reassigned to a location where the schools are rated below average is distressing to families,” Davis said. “Our kids’ education should not have to suffer because of military obligations.”
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