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Local government question
« on: September 20, 2011, 12:28:43 PM »

Offline JSD

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Can a town mayor or selectman implement a system of school vouchers or does a decision like that have to go through state legislation?

The likelihood of it happening increases, even in a state run by public unions, if it can be done town by town... So I'm curious how it would work.
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Re: Local government question
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 12:54:31 PM »

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Quote from: Jsaad on September 20, 2011, 12:28:43 PM
Can a town mayor or selectman implement a system of school vouchers or does a decision like that have to go through state legislation?

The likelihood of it happening increases, even in a state run by public unions, if it can be done town by town... So I'm curious how it would work.
Depends entirely on state law, so really it'd be on a case by case basis.
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 05:39:22 PM »

Offline JSD

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Quote from: Fafnir on September 20, 2011, 12:54:31 PM
Quote from: Jsaad on September 20, 2011, 12:28:43 PM
Can a town mayor or selectman implement a system of school vouchers or does a decision like that have to go through state legislation?

The likelihood of it happening increases, even in a state run by public unions, if it can be done town by town... So I'm curious how it would work.
Depends entirely on state law, so really it'd be on a case by case basis.

Interesting. Do you know anything about MA specifically or where I could find out?
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 06:40:11 PM »

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Quote from: Jsaad on September 20, 2011, 12:28:43 PM
Can a town mayor or selectman implement a system of school vouchers or does a decision like that have to go through state legislation?

The likelihood of it happening increases, even in a state run by public unions, if it can be done town by town... So I'm curious how it would work.

Has to work better than the current public school system in any district.  It would be ideally better done at a local level.  So hopefully they can.
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