Utah Voters Say No To School Choice

J.J. Jackson* | November 12, 2007  |

Pay your taxes like a good little citizen and send your children to school where we tell you. That was the message Utah voters decided to send on Tueday.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah voters on Tuesday killed the nation’s first statewide school voucher program that promised tax dollars for private tuition, no matter how much a family earned or whether kids were in bad schools.

It was the first voucher election in the U.S. since 2000, when voters in Michigan and California rejected efforts to subsidize private schools.

Utah, with a conservative electorate, a Republican governor and GOP-controlled Legislature, was seen nationally as a key test of voter sentiment for vouchers. But opponents, with millions of dollars from a national teachers union, persuaded residents to say no. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308936,00.html

Gee, the teachers union was against school choice? How odd. Afterall, how could they make any money for their minions if people were allowed to flee their domains.


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