Papers by Rebecca Billick
establishing, at the time, the nation's largest school voucher program in terms of student eligib... more establishing, at the time, the nation's largest school voucher program in terms of student eligibility (Friedman Foundation, 2014). While 13 states have voucher programs, Indiana is one of only a few states with a voucher program open to students statewide (Friedman Foundation, n.d.). Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin also off er statewide voucher programs, as described in the Center of Evaluation and Education Policy's companion to this brief (see Cierniak, Stewart, & Ruddy, forthcoming 2015). Indiana's program, called Indiana Choice Scholarship (ICS), continues to expand, with increases in the number of scholarships awarded occurring each year since the program's inception. Th e number of scholarships awarded increased from 3,911 in 2011-2012 to 9,139 in 2012-2013, an increase of approximately 134 percent. Th e following school year, 2013-2014, 19,809 students participated in the program, an increase of 116.8 percent from the prior year (Indiana Department of Education [IDOE], 2014a). Since 2011, signifi cant changes have been made to Public Law 92-2011 and the constitutionality of the ICS program has been upheld through the 2013 Meredith v. Pence court decision. Given this dramatic rise in statewide voucher programs and, in turn, the relevance of Indiana's program in this national context, a review of the ICS program and its recent changes is warranted.
Center For Evaluation and Education Policy Indiana University, 2011
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Papers by Rebecca Billick