How the vouchers would work

02/04/2005

February 4, 2005 (Star Tribune)

• Families in Minneapolis and St. Paul that make less than $47,100 a year would be eligible.

• The state would issue vouchers, or checks that must be turned over to the school where children enroll.

• The maximum amount would be $4,601.

• No more than 10 percent of a district’s student body could get vouchers. If more than that apply, there would be a lottery.

• Voucher students would have to participate in state testing.

• The Minneapolis and St. Paul school districts would not lose student aid the first year for voucher students, but that funding would be phased out by the fourth year.