Voucher Program
One hundred and fourteen nonsectarian and religious
private schools have registered to participate in the Milwaukee private
school voucher program for the 2000-01 school year. This is an increase
of 21 schools over the 93 schools in the program at the end of the 1999-2000
school year.
Preliminary estimates from the 114 registered
schools indicate there may be more than 10,000 total voucher program slots
for the 2000-01 school year. By comparison, there were 7,996 students
enrolled invoucher schools in September of the 1999-2000 school year.
The program allows up to approximately 15,000
low-income Milwaukee students to attend nonsectarian and religious private
schools next fall at no tuition charge. The program is funded with money
diverted from Milwaukee Public Schools.
Any school intending to participate in the Milwaukee
Parental Choice Program in the 2000-01 school year had until May 1, 2000,
to return the notice of intent and other required materials to the DPI.
A list of the private schools that have registered
to participate in the voucher program in the 2000-01 school year is available
on the Department of Public Instruction Web site. Go to the following
URL for a direct link to the PDF file containing the list:
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/eis/pdf/dpi2000_37.pdf