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OSA Update

According to a Star-Ledger poll, New Jerseyans favor the passage of the Opportunity Scholarship Act by a margin of 57.18% to 42.82%. OSA would offer “opportunity scholarships” to poor children who are assigned to several school districts (the number is in flux) that have failed to provide adequate education for decades. Traditional school districts would get to keep up to $10K annually per student who transfers out.

Also see today’s NJ Spotlight, which points to Assemblyman Lou Greenwald, the new Democratic majority leader, who is “a growing voice in the ear of Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver” and “has especially taken the lead on the Opportunity Scholarship Act, the school voucher proposal that is as close as ever to passage in one form or another.”

Laura Waters

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  • Please don't misrepresent the results of the poll: it reflects the opinions of a small, self-selected fraction of those viewing the S/L website.

    If you want to know the feelings of "New Jerseyans" on this or any other topic, why not conduct a real, statistically-projectable survey?

  • Great idea, Kallikak. Of course I'm not set up to do any sort of survey but it would be a useful exercise for some unaffiliated group with the manpower.

  • Laura,

    Quinnipiac polled on this question in April 2011. Here's what they found:

    Do you favor or oppose providing parents with tax money in the form of school vouchers to help pay for their children to attend private or religious schools?

    Favor 39%
    Oppose 56%

    NJ residents most definitely DO NOT support vouchers, and support among African Americans and urban residents was even lower than the total.

    Source: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=1591

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