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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1991
Statements, prepared statements, letters, and supplementary materials presented at a field hearing on a parental choice program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are compiled in this report. Under the "Choice" Program, the state pays $2,440 for each of a limited number of K-12 pupils residing in the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Billings, Judith A. – 1990
In March 1990, the Washington State Legislature adopted the Learning by Choice Law, a law relating to student enrollment options. The law consists of three major components: Family Choice; Running Start; and Seventh and Eighth Grade Choice. The Family Choice law allows parents to select which public school(s) their children will attend, within…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Enrollment, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Grade 11
District Court, Houston, TX. Southern District of Texas. – 1975
On June 1, 1970 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, entered its Memorandum and Order requiring the Houston Independent School District to operate its schools beginning with the 1970-71 school year under an equi-distant zoning plan. The pairings and rezoning as finally ordered were fully…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods
District Court, New York, NY. Eastern District of New York. – 1974
Plaintiffs are students enrolled in Franklin K. Lane High School, and they sue on behalf of all others similarly situated for an adjudication that their school has been so zoned as to make and keep it a segregated school in spite of its location. They moved to enjoin further enforcement of the school's zoning. The board moved for summary judgment.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation, De Jure Segregation
Randall, Ruth E. – 1992
State policymakers will want to make clear the intent of a policy on choice when they write their legislative bills. The purpose for the policy will help parents, students, educators, and the general public understand their action and the reasons for the action. This study discusses 11 issues included in legislative bills and gives a brief summary…
Descriptors: Counseling, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
