School+Voucher+Bill+Nearing+a+Senate+Vote

= = = State Senate committee approves school voucher program = = = =By Tracie Mauriello= =//Published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette//= =//10/25/11//= = = = = = = = = =HARRISBURG -- The Senate is ready to vote on a bill that would provide state tuition help to low-income families who want to take their children out of failing schools and enroll them in private ones.= = In a 9-2 vote today, the Senate Education committee put the controversial school-choice bill in position for a vote as soon as Wednesday. = =The legislation would provide vouchers for private schools and expand tax credits for businesses that contribute to scholarship programs for low- and middle-income children.= ="The time has come for adoption of a rescue plan for those students who have been failed by the current system," said Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, who sponsored the legislation along with Sen. Anthony Williams, D-Philadelphia.= =Read more: [|http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11298/1184785-100.stm#ixzz1bqPXnd9d] = = = = = =News= =home=