School Choice Facts

Impact on Public Schools

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The D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 is found in Division C, Title III of the Conference Report (108-401) to HR 2673, an omnibus appropriations bill.

U.S. Department of Education

The Department of Education, through a "Memorandum of Understanding" to be developed with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, will select one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the program.

Contact:   Nina Shokraii Rees, Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation & Improvement
E-mail:     [email protected]
Phone:    (202) 205-4500
Fax:    (202) 401-4123
Address:    400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20202

D.C. Mayor's Office

Contact:   Kelvin Robinson, Mayor’s Chief of Staff
Phone:    (202) 727-2980
Fax:    (202) 727-0505
Address:    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004

Fight for Children

An organization that provides information on efforts to expand parent options in the Washington, D.C metro areas.

Contact:   Kaleem Caire, Project Director
E-mail:   [email protected]
Phone:   (202) 777-4489
Fax:   (202) 223-2648
Address:   1725 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

Washington Scholarship Fund

An organization that enables low-income Washington, D.C. families to make the same educational choices for their children that are available to middle class parents around the nation by providing partial educational scholarships.

Contact:   Sally Sachar, President and CEO
E-mail:   [email protected]
Phone:   (202) 293-5560
Fax:   (202) 293-7893
Address:   1133 15th Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005

Black Alliance for Educational Options

A national organization that actively supports parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children.

Contact:    Lawrence Patrick III, President and CEO
E-mail:    [email protected]
Phone:    (202) 544-9870
Fax:    (202) 544-7680
Address:    1710 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036

Institute for Justice

A Washington D.C.-based public interest law firm involved in a majority of decided and pending school choice cases.

Contact:    Lisa Knepper, Director of Communications
E-mail:    [email protected]
Phone:    (202) 955-1300 x. 202
Fax:    (202) 955-1329
Address:    1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006

Organizations that oppose the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program:

Financial support for organized opposition to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program comes mainly from the country's two largest teachers' unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the People for the American Way.

National Education Association

Contact:   Robert Chase, President
Phone:    (202) 833-4000
Address:    1201 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

American Federation of Teachers

Contact:    Sandra Feldman, President
Phone:    (202) 879-4400
Address:   555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001

People for the American Way

Contact:    Ralph Neas, President
Phone:    (202) 467-4999
Address:   2000 M Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036

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