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Voucher Debate Oct 23 07
Description : Videos, transcript, and conversation about the voucher referendum debate between former PTA President Carmen Snow and voucher bill sponsor Representative Steve Urquhart.
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Introduction to former PTA President Carmen Snow, including family, work, public service record, and educational interests.

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Categories: School Vouchers, State, Utah
 
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Introduction to State Representative and school voucher bill sponsor Steve Urquhart (R-St. George), including family, education work in the legislature, the importance of the voucher bill, and a call for informed, civil dialogue in the debate.

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Pres. Snow: History of the voucher referendum from the PTA perspective, including formation of Utahns for Public Schools, signature-gathering, and the Supreme Court ruling.

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Pres. Snow: Voucher bill accountability flaws, public financing of private schools, failures of the program to assist low-income families, and the excellent performance of public schools.

 

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Pres. Snow: Student protection in public schools, parental involvement in public education, private school concerns, and national importance of the Utah voucher law.

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Rep. Urquhart: Public school excellence, the need to assist a few special children, charter schools, other Utah voucher programs, voucher concerns, voucher benefits to public education.

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Rep. Urquhart: Vouchers and the numbers, savings for public education, public schools held harmless, prediction that many parents will switch schools, request that citizens give the program a fair chance.

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Rep. Urquhart: Accountability in the voucher program, national norm-referenced test, teacher credential disclosure, school accredidation, annual audit, parental involvement, invitation to face educational challenges together.

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Pres. Snow: Invitation to read the voter information pamphlet, availability of vouchers to everyone, both rich and poor, invitation to read the newspapers, proposal to use voucher money to hire additional teachers.

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