Growing pains for WI school vouchers

By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – The statewide expansion of school vouchers, set to roll out for the school year that begins Sept. 3, may not be complete until sometime in October, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.

As a result, some parents hoping to receive vouchers may have to send students to public schools for a month, before a voucher seat at a private school opens up.

And some voucher schools might not know which students to expect when the new year dawns in two weeks, which was news to Sheboygan Christian School — one of the 25 private schools that will participate in school choice expansion this year — when Wisconsin Reporter contacted the school Wednesday.

Sharon Eggebeen, director of operations, said it’s just another example of the “unknown and waiting” that’s been the hallmark of school choice expansion, a frenzied process with trainings, paperwork and application deadlines all taking place in less than a month.

“This will be a rolling process until all the 500 vouchers are finalized,” DPI spokesman Patrick Gasper said in an email.

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