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First round of school voucher lottery complete
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – The Department of Public Instruction has notified the parents of the 500 children who have first dibs for school choice vouchers.
Now, those parents have five business days to accept or decline the offer.
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If any vouchers are declined, DPI will notify the next parents on the list until all the seats are filled.
According to DPI, other factors in the lottery may delay finalizing the first year of school choice expansion until October. Those factors are:
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- Siblings are to be given preference.
- No more than 1 percent of a school district’s enrollment from 2012-13 may leave to attend a private school under the voucher expansion.
- DPI can’t exceed the limits private schools have set for the number of voucher students they will accept per grade level.
DPI says the lottery for the statewide expansion of school choice in Wisconsin has been completed and parents have been notified.
If the process lasts into October as DPI projects, some private schools might miss out on some of this year’s voucher payments.
