Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program

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Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students
with Disabilities Program
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An Introduction to the Bill

• HB3393Nelson.flv

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Voucher Program Arguments
Proponents Low income students receive more educational choice Challenge public schools to improve through competition Better education due to absence of bureaucracy Give parents more influence over childs education Opponents Take dollars away from public schools Lack of accountability could lead to a misuse of funds Limits low income students educational choice Lower the quality of education by removing the most informed parents and students thus increasing segregation in schools along socioeconomic lines
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Introduction Take a Stand!!!

• Do you support a voucher program to help pay for
  private schools for children with disabilities?
• Vote with your feet!!! Strongly Agree, Simply
  Agree, Strongly Disagree, Simply Disagree.

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Introduction Rethink Position!!!

• Would you support the Lindsey Nicole Henry
  Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
  Program Act if it would raise your Adequate
  Yearly Progress (AYP) scores by eliminating the
  IEP subgroup?
• Vote with your feet!!! Strongly Agree, Simply
  Agree, Strongly Disagree, Simply Disagree.

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Introduction Ethical Questions

• Potential ethical dilemmas will surface for the
  school administrator with the passage of HB 3393.
• Ethic of Care - Who are the silenced voices?

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History of Vouchers
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• Each state currently pays a pre-decided amount
  per student to the public school each student
  attends.
• Currently in Oklahoma, parents choosing an option
  other than the public school in their district
  may select
• Home Schooling
• Private Schooling
• Transfer
• Vouchers
• Vouchers allow parents of disabled children to
  select a private school from an accredited list
  for their child to attend. The voucher allows the
  pre-decided amount per student from the state to
  be paid to a private school.

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1872

• French Government
• Recommended Vouchers

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1955

• U.S. Economist
• Milton Friedmen
• Recommended Vouchers

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1956

• Virginia Legislature
• Passed
• tuition grants

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1960

• Virginia Legislature
• Passed
• scholarships

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1960s

• Presidents
• Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon
• Supported vouchers

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1971

• Nixons Panel on Non-Public Education Of the
  Commission of School Finance Proposed
• Parochiaid

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1971

• Supreme Court Ruled
• Lemon -v- Kurtzman
• A three prong test for state money to go to
  private schools
• 1) The purpose is secular.
• 2) Its main effect is to neither advance nor
  inhibit religion.
• 3) It does not excessively entangle the state
  with religion.

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1983 1985
1986

• The Reagan administration tried to get vouchers
  passed through Congress.

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1988

• 14 states pass
• school choice laws

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1990 1991 1992

• President Bush tried to get political support for
• Vouchers.

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Former President Clinton

• Supported school choice

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Former President George W. Bush

• Supported School Choice Vouchers
• Believed the money should follow the kid
• Believed all institutions that received money
  should be held accountable.

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President Barack Obama

• Supports School Choice
• Against Vouchers

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• Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for
  Studentswith Disabilities Program ActHB 3393

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• The Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for
  Students with Disabilities Program is established
  to provide a scholarship to a private school of
  choice for students with an IEP.
• The Program will begin Aug. 26, 2010.

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• The scholarship will be equal to the local and
  state revenue for the school district or the
  tuition at the private school, whichever is less
• Approx. 7,683.00 per child

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Requirements of Program Participation

• Student must have a current IEP.
• Student must have been enrolled in an Oklahoma
  public school the previous year.

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• The parent must notify the school district 60
  days in advance.
• The parent agrees to endorse the payment check
  each quarter.
• The parent agrees to participate in school as
  required

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• The student agrees to attend school and abide by
  code of conduct.

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What is Required of Schools?

• Schools who intend to participate must notify the
  SDE by July 1st.

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Schools must have

• Have been open at least one year
• Meet accreditation guidelines
• Demonstrate fiscal soundness
• Comply with antidiscrimination provisions
• Abide by health safety laws

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Participating schools must

• Be academically accountable to parents
• Follow rules set forth by the SDE

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Participating schools must

• Employ or contract with teachers who hold
  baccalaureate or higher degrees, or have at least
  three years of teaching experience in public or
  private schools, or have special skills,
  knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to
  provide instruction in subjects taught.

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Who Has Gone Before Oklahoma?
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Wisconsin

• Milwaukee Parental Choice Program 1985.
• 2006 Enrollment cap at 22,500 (Lips, 2007).

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Florida

• John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with
  Disabilities.
• Enacted for the 2000 2001 school year. Student
  participation in the McKay Scholarship Program
  has continued to grow. (Lips, 2007)

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Feeling the Florida Heat?
http//www.floridaschoolchoice.org/Information/McK
ay/files/Fast_Facts_McKay.pdf
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Georgia

• Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act passed in
  2007. Senate bill 10 was approved with a vote of
  91 to 84. (Lips, 2007)

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Georgia

• 4,100 students were projected to receive
  scholarships in 2007.
• There is no data, or accountability as to how
  many are receiving scholarships now.
• Georgia Council of Administrators of Special
  Education (GCASE) strongly opposed Senate Bill
  10.

http//www.g-case.org/pdf_docs/GCASEPosition-SB10.
pdf
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Ohio

• Special Education Scholarship Program 2005.

http//www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/Education/Schoo
lChoiceVouchers/tabid/12942/Default.aspx
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Utah

• Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship Program
  2005.
• Parent Choice in Education Act 2007.

http//www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/Education/Schoo
lChoiceVouchers/tabid/12942/Default.aspx
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Is Current Law Adequate?

• Forest Grove School Dist. v. T. A. - 08-305
  (2009)
• School Districts win (62.5) of private
  placement cases
• McKay Scholarship for Students 6.7
• "Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Children
  with Disabilities" - No Cap

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Will Costs Rise?

• The voucher is for 7,500 per year
• According to Edmond Public Schools Chief
  Financial Officer David Fraser, in 2007-08 the
  district spent 17.7 million for the direct
  support of special education, which was 15.4
  percent of the total budget. This was 6,587 per
  child for 2,687 children requiring mild to severe
  special educational needs. During the same time
  the cost to educate the regular school population
  was 5,764 per pupil.http//www.edmondsun.com/loc
  al/x519248155/Special-needs-student-scholarships-u
  nder-review July 2009

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Will Enrollments Rise?

• When states shift away from paying for each
  incidence of disability to a census approach,
  the growth of special education slows (Buck,
  Green, 2010)

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Private Special Education Placements 2003-04 Oklah
oma ranks 20th with .12 percent of Total
Enrollment
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Will Sufficient Services Be Provided?

• Floridas McKay 30.2 of voucher participants
  said they received all services required under
  federal law from their public school (Greene,
  Forester, 2003)
• A large survey that almost 90 of McKay
  respondentswere satisfied or very satisfied with
  the school their child attends, whereas only
  71.4 of public school respondents were satisfied
  or very satisfied with the school their child
  attends. (Weidner Herrington, 2006)

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Will Some Students Be Left Behind?

• As the number of private schools increased that
  accepted McKay funding increased the standardized
  test scores of disabled students who remained in
  public school significantly increased.
• Virtually all disabled students in public schools
  take the state mandated test.

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Are Private Schools Accountable?

• National Education Association Statement
• Vouchers students are not included in state
  assessments, so taxpayers have no way of knowing
  how the voucher funds have been spend, and how
  students have fared.
• NEA Resolution A-24. Voucher Plans and Tuition
  Tax Credits.

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Questions and Concerns Regarding Special
Education Vouchers
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References

• Buck, S., Greene, J. P. (2010, Winter). School
  choice campaign The case for special education
  vouchers. Education Next, 10(1). Retrieved from
  http//educationnext.org/?the-case-for-special-edu
  cation-vouchers/
• Bush, G. (Director) (2003, July 1). Education
  Reform Parental Options. Education Reform.
  Lecture conducted from Kipp Academy, Washington,
  D.C..
• Finn, C.E., Rotherham, A.J., Hokanson,
  C.R.(2001).  Rethinking special education for a
  new century.  Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and
  Progressive Policy Institute. Download available
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• Greene, J. P., Winters, M. A. (2007,
  Spring). Debunking a special education myth.
  Education Next, 7(2). Retrieved from
  http//educationnext.org/?debunking-a-special-educ
  ation-myth/

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References

• Lick, D. (2007, April 25). Education
  Notebook Georgia lawmakers approve vouchers for
  students with disabilities. Retrieved June 23,
  2010 from http//georgiastate.edu
• Molnar, A. (n.d.). EPSL Education Policy
  Studies Laboratory - Arizona State University.
  EPSL Education Policy Studies Laboratory -
  Arizona State University. Retrieved June 24,
  2010, from http//epsl.asu.edu 
• Obama, B. (Director) (2008, August 1). Obama
  at the National Urban League. Presidental Speech.
  Lecture conducted from Urban League, Orlando .
• Turnbull, H.R., Stowe, M.J., Huerta, N.E.
  (2007).  Free appropriate public education  The
  law and children with disabilities.  Denver, CO
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References

• Weidner, V. R., Herrington, C. D. (2006,
  January). Are Parents Informed Consumers
  Evidence From the Florida McKay Scholarship
  Program . Peabody Journal of Education, 81(1), 27
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• Wright P.W.D., Wright, P.D. (2007). 
  Special education law (2nd ed.).  Hartfield, VA 
  Harbor House Law Press.