With Voucher Issue Heating Up, Phoenixville School District May Take Stance
The voucher issue was discussed at Thursday’s school board meeting.
As members of the state senate’s education committee met for a day-long hearing Wednesday on vouchers, the Phoenixville Area School Board briefly discussed the topic at its Thursday work session. Sen. Jeffrey Piccola (R-Dauphin) and Sen. Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) introduced the legislation, known as Senate Bill 1. “Personally, I don’t think it’s a good way to spend taxpayer money,” School Board Member Betsy Ruch said Thursday. Ruch described the bill to the school board. It would be phased in over three years. “This would provide taxpayer funded tuition vouchers to students from low-income families attending underperforming schools to be used for either public, private or parochial schools,” Ruch said. The board directed …
