"Private school choice" or "voucher programs" allow parents to put tax dollars toward a private education - for example - in the form of a subsidy to chosen school. The dollar value of voucher is usually equal to, but may be less than, the stage average per pupil expenditure, and may cover the par...

Last October Alabama voters rejected a referendum for a state education lottery by a vote of 54% to 46%. The proposed education lottery was Governor Don Seigalman's solution to a shortfall of $120 million dollars in the state budget. The budget shortage was created as a result of the United Sta...