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Americans for Prosperity Colorado to try one last time to save voucher program in DougCo
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Is there any way to save the Douglas County voucher program from its all-but-certain demise on Monday? Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP), which spent “six figures” during the election season trying to persuade voters to support the then-board majority’s reform efforts, announced Friday it would try. David Ray, president of the Douglas County board of…
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DougCo board publishes resolution to end voucher program
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The Douglas County School District published a resolution Saturday that begins the process to rescind the Choice Scholarship program and put to an end the legal fight over the controversial voucher program. The district’s board of education will vote on the resolution at a special meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Four new board members…
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DougCo board wastes no time, will deal with voucher program Monday
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The Douglas County school board plans to discuss and potentially end the district’s controversial voucher program in a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 4. Board President David Ray announced that the board would take up the voucher program on Monday at the end of the board’s Tuesday night meeting, which included the swearing-in of four…
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DougCo school board likely to move quickly on voucher repeal
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The clock is ticking for a decision by the Douglas County School District Board of Education on its controversial voucher program. The election earlier this month of four anti-voucher candidates reshaped the board from 4-3 in favor of vouchers to 7-0 against, means that the voucher program is all but certain to be trash-canned –…
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Foes of school choice in DougCo rest their case on an odious policy with a dark history
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Debate surrounding state constitutional “Blaine Amendments,” which prohibit government aid to “sectarian” institutions, has reached a crescendo as a result of the high-profile school board race in Douglas County. As deeply consequential litigation over Blaine Amendments and parental choice hangs in the balance between two opposing slates of school board candidates, some anti-choice interest groups…
