Vouchers go down in crushing defeat
http://origin.sltrib.com/ci_7392263
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Vouchers go down in crushing defeat
Vouchers' money man says Utahns 'don't care enough about their kids'
By Glen Warchol
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 11/07/2007 05:14:15 AM MST
Voters decisively rejected the will of the Utah Legislature and governor
Tuesday, defeating what would have been the nation's most comprehensive
education voucher program in a referendum blowout.
"Tonight, with the eyes of the nation upon us, Utah has rejected this
flawed voucher law," said state School Board Chairman Kim Burningham. "We
believe this sends a clear message. It sends a message that Utahns believe
in, and support, public schools."
More than 60 percent of voters were rejecting vouchers, with about 95
percent of the precincts reporting, according to unofficial results. The
referendum failed in every county, including the conservative bastion of
Utah County.
Utah's voucher program, supported by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and
Republican legislative leaders, attracted national attention because it
would have provided tax-funded subsidies to any student, rich or poor, to
enroll in a private school.
The law passed by a single vote in the Legislature, but voucher
opponents, led by the Utah Education Association teachers' union, gathered
124,000 signatures to force it into a voter referendum.
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