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April 2005
PHOENIX— Todoay marks the 15-year anniversary of the law creating the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the nation’s oldest and largest urban school choice program, whose successes are many, but whose future is in jeopardy if Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle vetoes a bill that would lift the 15,000 student enrollment cap.
“The success of the Milwaukee program has provided a model and inspiration for the rest of the country,” declared Clint Bolick, president and general counsel of the Alliance for School Choice, the Phoenix-based organization that leads the national effort to support school choice programs to expand opportunities for economically disadvantaged children. “Fifteen years later, hundreds of thousands of children in 11 states and the District of Columbia have the freedom to choose the school that will transform their lives.”
The Wisconsin Legislature passed House Bill 3, which would lift the 15,000 enrollment cap and prevent 1,500 students from being displaced next school year. The bill is expected to reach the governor’s desk on Wednesday, the program’s 15-year anniversary. The governor vetoed a similar bill in 2003.
Nation's First Urban School Choice Program Turns 15
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