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States Turn to Private Companies to Manage School Voucher Programs — ProPublica

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States Turn to Private Companies to Manage School Voucher Programs — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last April, West Virginia awarded a nearly $10 million contract to a company called Student First Technologies to manage the state’s Hope Scholarship program, which gives families about $4,900 per child to spend … Read more

What an Unregulated School Voucher Program Looks Like — ProPublica

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What an Unregulated School Voucher Program Looks Like — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights An Opaque System: Arizona imposes no transparency or accountability requirements on private schools that receive taxpayer dollars through the state’s voucher program. … Read more