Greitens pushing school choice for special needs students
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January 22, 2017
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens didn't explicitly mention school choice in his State of the State address, but he did call for education savings accounts for students with special needs — a measure that lawmakers and school choice advocates say could open the door to broader choice measures.
Choice advocates say savings accounts give parents more control over their child's education. Opponents argue that such programs take away money from underfunded public schools to invest in private ones. For Missouri lawmakers, education savings accounts are a relatively new idea.
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