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School choice is fiscally prudent.

The D.C. Parental Choice Incentive Act would enable low-incomeparents in the District of Columbia to enroll their children inprivate schools through a scholarship program administered by theU.S. Department of Education. The need for this reform is clear:Just 6 percent of D.C. 4th graders are proficient in math, and only10 percent are proficient in reading.

Some of the poorest performing public schools in America can befound in the nation's capital. Despite per-pupil expenditures ofmore than $11,000, 94 percent of 4th grade students in Washington,D.C., are not proficient in math, and 90 percent lack proficiencyin reading, according to the National Assessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP). Given the failure of other reforms to improve thecity's poor academic achievement and the growing recognition thatadditional funding alone will not improve the system, Congress hasan historic opportunity to support D.C. students by authorizing andfundi...

State of California

This is not a politically purple state in the sense of a blending of Republican red and Democratic blue.