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• Permitted up to 1% of MPS Enrollment to Attend Non Sectarian Private Schools in 1990-91 SY
• No More Than 49% of School’s Enrollment Could be Voucher Students
• Income Eligibility 175% of Federal Poverty Level
• Program Funded Totally By Reducing State Aid Paid to MPS
• At Least 70% of the Pupils in the Program Must Advance One Grade Level Each Year
• Average Attendance Rate for Pupils in Program Must be at at least 90%
• At Least 80% of the Pupils In the Program Must Demonstrate Significant Academic Progress
• At Least 70% of Families Must Meet School’s Parent Participation Criteria
• Program was Not Private or Local School Law Improperly Enacted As Part of Budget Bill
• Appropriate Experimental Legislation Aimed at Improving Educational Opportunities for Low Income Students in Milwaukee
• Allow a Maximum of 1.5% of MPS Enrollment
• Permitted Up to 65% of School’s Population to be Voucher Students
• Authorized Religious Schools to Participate in the Program
• Increased Enrollment Maximum to 7% of MPS Population for 1995-96 SY and 15% in Subsequent Years
• Restrictions on Number of Voucher Students at Individual School was Removed
• Program Did Not Violate Wisconsin’s Constitutional Provision Against Spending State Fund for Religious Purposes.
• Program Did Not Violate US Constitution’s First Amendment Guarantee of Separation of Church and State
• The Government’s Expenditure Must Have a Legitimate Secular Purpose
• It Must Not Have the Primary Effect of Advancing Religion
• It Must Not Lead to Excessive Entanglement Between State and the Schools
• Revised the Funding Mechanisms and Authorized Payments for Academically Necessary Summer Classes
• Funding by Reducing MPS State Aids and 50% By Cutting Aid to Other School District Throughout the State
• Outside Districts Removed From Calculations
• MPS Reduced by 45% and State Appropriations Cover Remaining 55%
• Schools In Program Were Required to Submit to DPI Evidence of Sound Fiscal Practices and Financial Viability
• Schools Had to Submit to DPI Certificate of Occupancy
• Schools Administrator Had to Participate in DPI Fiscal Management Training
• DPI Was Given Expanded Authority to Bar Schools
• MPCP Teachers Had to Possess at Least a High School Degree
• Increased the Number of Pupils Allowed to Participate from 15% of MPS Population to 22,500
• Family Already In Program Could Go Up to 220% of Poverty
• Accreditation
• Standardized Tests
• Longitudinal Study
• Preaccreditation
• WKCE
• Accountability Measures
• Income Eligibility increased to 300% of poverty, If Married 325%
• Eliminates the Cap
• Expands Program to Racine
• WKCE
• Expands to Milwaukee County
• Once You’re In You’re In
• Bad-Actor Provision
• Removal of NCPSA Approved Agencies from Pre-Accreditation
• Clarification of Allowable Fees