As a lawsuit challenging Indiana's new Choice Scholarship program on state constitutional grounds proceeds through the courts (see prior posting), Indiana University's Center for Evaluation and Education Policy last week released a report evaluating three Indiana school choice provisions: Choice Scholarships, School Expenditure Deductions, and the School Scholarship Tax Credit. The 20-page report, School Choice Issues in Indiana: Sifting through the Rhetoric, describes each program in detail, surveys their economic impact and discusses the legal issues raised by the programs. The report also puts forward recommendations for implementation of the programs. A related Fact Sheet was also released.
Meanwhile, today's Indiana Daily Student reports that so far, parents have applied for only about half of the 7,500 vouchers available under the Indiana Choice Scholarship program this year.
