Tuition help- March 23, 2008
The Times-Picuyane
EDITORIAL
In addition to a new workforce training system and improved mental health services, the governor will be supporting a "scholarship" program to provide private school options for students in New Orleans' public schools. Providing guidance on the initiative is the Black Alliance for Educational Options, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C. Jindal was a keynote speaker for the Alliance's annual meeting in New Orleans earlier this year. The group's chairman is Howard Fuller, a former superintendent of the school system in Milwaukee, which implemented a sweeping voucher system in the early 1990s. So far, few details of Jindal's plan have emerged. Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, will sponsor the legislation and said the initiative is under development.
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