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A win for school choice in North Carolina

January 29, 2016 | By MERIEM L. HUBBARD

In 2013, North Carolina’s General Assembly held extensive hearings on legislation designed to equalize educational opportunities for low-income students.  The Opportunity Scholarship Program, would provide scholarships from the State to attend any private school, including those operated by religious organizations. Legislators were shocked a ...

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NH school choice program survives repeal effort–for now

April 18, 2013 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Earlier this month PLF filed an amicus brief in an important New Hampshire school choice case.  The scholarship tax credit program at issue in that lawsuit has recently been the focus of a legislative repeal effort.  Last week we learned that the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee voted 3-2 in favor of an “Inexpedient to … ...

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NH senate committee recommends killing "scholarship program repeal" bill

April 09, 2013 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Last week PLF filed an amicus brief in an important New Hampshire school choice case.  But the valuable scholarship program currently under attack in court has also faced threats from a legislative repeal bill.  Today there is positive news on the latter front: the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee voted 3-2 in favor of an … ...

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Learn free or die? the struggle for school choice in New Hampshire

March 18, 2013 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Readers may recall that New Hampshire passed an important school choice tax credit scholarship program last year.  The law allows businesses to contribute money to scholarship programs for low-income students to attend the school of their choice (or even home school). Unfortunately, students in the state didn’t have much time to celebrate be ...