A school choice bill that could give parents $5,500 in state funds to send their child to private school or elsewhere is headed to a study group for negotiations. alnews alpolitics schoolchoice alabamanewsnetwork
Sen. Del Marsh said legislative leaders have put together a group to look at his legislation. He said he is optimistic they can develop a compromise.
The Parents’ Choice Act, as introduced by Marsh, would establish a path for parents to tap state money normally used on their child’s public school education — about $5,500 per student per year — and use it to pay for private school, a public school outside their district, home schooling expenses or other alternate education paths.
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