More on closing choice schools

In my comments on Sarah Carr's article on banning two schools from the choice (voucher) program, I overlooked her implication that the law allowing that action was opposed by the choice coalition. In fact, as George Mitchell, points out in a letter to Carr, "Act 155, the law DPI correctly used this week, was developed with substantial
involvement from the school choice coalition."

One reason that the coalition had held back in earlier years from pushing such legislation was the belief among many members that the state Department of Public Instruction already had the power to cut off these schools for violating the reporting, financial, and other requirements of the program.