Possible Action Today on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

Lindsey Burke / March 04, 2010

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has filed an amendment to a tax extenders bill expected to be considered by the Senate today. The amendment would reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and, according to a press release from D.C. Parents for School Choice, would “preserve the program for current and future students”. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are co-sponsors.

As Virginia Walden Ford and I wrote last week in a post on The Corner, school choice and educational opportunity have become the civil rights issue of our time: (more…)