EDITORIAL: Indiana school voucher expansion: '... give it a rest for 5 years'

(Lafayette) Journal and Courier

Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:06 PM

The plow-ahead mindset for Indiana’s two-year-old school voucher plan met its brick wall this week, when the chairman of the Indiana Senate’s Appropriations Committee signaled his objections.

Boiled down, Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, asked: Can’t we just slow down?

There have been plenty of Hoosiers encouraging the General Assembly to take a breather on the voucher system — perhaps no bigger message sent than the election of voucher skeptic Glenda Ritz as state superintendent of public instruction.

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