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| Saturday, 21 June 2008 | |
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By TOM HESTER Jr. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- As New Jersey struggles to improve its poor, urban schools, the liberal-leaning state is considering a measure generally favored by conservatives -- government-backed scholarships to help pay for children to attend private schools. Seven states and Washington, D.C. offer publicly funded school voucher programs, and New Jersey lawmakers are considering a variation for students attending some of its poorest schools, mostly in bigger cities ... State Sen. Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, attended Catholic schools, but said she cannot support legislation that wouldn't help every Garden State student ... But parents and advocates from the state's poorest cities are pressing New Jersey lawmakers to approve the measure. READ MORE: http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880620015
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