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Who Is Responsible For Oversight of State Voucher Money?

    Earlier this month, we told you about 80 private schools planning to return money to the state, following unintentional errors in calculating voucher costs. In a follow-up to that story, Stephanie Wang of The Indianapolis Star reports on who’s in charge of voucher funds – and concerns about mistakes as the program expands.

    When private and parochial schools recently returned nearly $4 million in public money overcharged in state vouchers, school choice advocates lauded the self-policing efforts. But who is actually responsible for making sure such mistakes are caught? Who makes sure such errors won’t happen again?

    Read more at: www.indystar.com

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