Effects Of Eliminating The Cap On The Number of Participants in the Statewide Parental Choice Program

<p>Funding provided for public education is also being utilized for charter, private and /or parochial voucher schools across the state of Wisconsin. Policy was passed that eliminates current enrollment caps in the statewide parental choice program. In 2016-17, enrollment is limited to 1% of the district’s school age population and increases by 1% annually until it reaches 10% then lifts entirely. In advocating against the proposed policy, three critical issues emerged – the cost of funding the additional program, the moral obligation to educate neediest students, and grading school performance. Policy recommendation includes, leave remaining enrollment cap in place, create a universal screener to grade schools, create a matrix to rank schools, and limit chartering agencies to public school boards. The results would be a policy that creates a fair and consistent way of educating all students and funding and grading all schools statewide regardless of their affiliation.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Lawrence, Reginald, II

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Geri Chesner, Chair, Dissertation Committee
• Dr. James Fitzpatrick, Member, Dissertation Committee
• Dr. Todd Price, Dean’s Representative

• Educational Leadership
• Charter Schools
• Private Schools
• Charter School Funding
• Parental Choice Program
• Accessibility
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Urban Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/145

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1149