State kicks school out of voucher program

Citing possible fraud in student applications, state officials this week (June 2, 2006) kicked another one of Milwaukee's troubled private voucher schools out of the program.

The school - Sa'Rai and Zigler Excellerated Academy - has received about $700,000 in voucher payments from the state over the last two years, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Last year, the newspaper featured the school in a series of articles about troubles in the Milwaukee private school voucher program.

This is one of many voucher schools that have been accused of or suspected of misusing state funds. In January, the state terminated Northside High School from the program, and last October the Ida B. Wells Academy was kicked out. In January 2005, Academic Solutions Center for Learning was ordered out of the controversial program, and many other schools have either been kicked out or excluded from participating over the last few years.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article
Resource page on private school vouchers

Posted June 2, 2006