Shaler+School+Board+Votes+to+Oppose+Voucher+Program

=By Rita Michel= =//Published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette//= =//4/21/11//= = = = = =Shaler Area school board Wednesday night voted unanimously to formally oppose the Pennsylvania Senate Bill No. 1 -- the tuition voucher program -- and encourage residents to do the same.= ="Public education is paying for it," Superintendent Donald Lee said. Noting that income requirements have already been loosened to include even more students than the original proposal, he added: "They can't identify how much money this is going to cost. But it would really impact our budget."= =Residents can go on the district website to download draft letters, print them and mail them to their state legislators.= ="Elected officials react to those types of letters," Dr. Lee said. "The only way we have of defeating that bill is if we speak out against it."= =Rita Michel, freelance writer: suburbanliving@post-gazette.com.= = = = Read more: [] = = = = =

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