The State Capital in Harrisburg.

HARRISBURG PA – State legislators are re-evaluating their positions on school choice, the controversial proposal that in some form might allow parents to send their children to private schools using public money, because right now their are so many competing options, Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township’s state representative, Tom Quigley, told The Pennsylvania Independent online news service Monday (June 20, 2011).

Quigley introduced one of those options just a few weeks ago. Now the choices for school choice are being reviewed and contemplated by his elected colleagues in both the House and Senate, and “the next 36 to 48 hours will be very, very critical” for the voucher bills, the chairman of the House Education Committee said.

Most recently, Chester County Rep. Curt Schroder introduced legislation Monday that allows every child — including home-schoolers — to be eligible for a $5,000 voucher for tuition at a private or parochial school. The bill would not determine the value of the voucher based on the student’s district and would not restrict voucher eligibility based on income. That separates it from similar proposals unveiled this year, The Independent reported.

• Read a story by reporter Eric Boehm, titled “Next two days will determine outcome of school choice battle” and published Monday by The Independent, here.

Related (to education tuition vouchers):

• School Choice Voucher Action Anticipated This Week
• Pottsgrove Board Officially Opposes School Vouchers
• Local Rep. Quigley Favors Tax Credits In School Choice
• PA Senate School Choice Vote Possible Next Week
• Two Unions Break Ranks, Back State School Vouchers
• Idea: Pottsgrove Might Prosper With Own Charter School
• Choice Amendment Would Remove Vouchers’ 3rd Year
• Teacher Unions Say Budgets, Vouchers Top Their Agendas
• Poll Claims Public Opposes Tuition Vouchers
• Senate Education Chair Preps For Voucher, Choice Battle