Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
Friends Committee on National Legislation
School vouchers.
Gregg (NH) amendment to ESEA
bill that would create a demonstration voucher program
that would permit children in selected districts to transfer to private or other public schools.
Rejected.American Civil Liberties Union
S. 1 - Voucher Scheme.
The Senate rejected an amendment to an education bill introduced by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH). This proposed legislation would have created a national voucher program that would have diverted taxpayer dollars to private and religious schools.NAACP
S. 1 / ESEA Reauthorization / School Vouchers.
An amendment offered by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) to provide federal funding for school vouchers to allow students to attend private schools. The amendment was modeled after President Bush’s school voucher proposal. The Gregg amendment failed.American Conservative Union
School Vouchers.
Gregg (R-NH) amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization bill that would create a demonstration program in 10 school districts to allow public school children to use federal funds in the form of vouchers to transfer to another public school, including charter schools, or a private school. This pilot program to test school voucher programs was rejected.AFL-CIO
SCHOOL VOUCHERS—S. 1.
Private school vouchers use taxpayers’ money—which could be used to improve public schools—to pay for private and religious school tuition. Private schools, unlike public schools, which are open to all students, can exclude students for several reasons. During the debate on the Elementary and Secondary School Act, S. 1, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) offered an amendment that would have created a demonstration program to allow three states and 10 school districts to use federal funds to pay for private school expenses. The measure was defeated.Americans for Democratic Action
S I. School Vouchers.
Gregg (R-NH) amendment to create a demonstration program in 10 school districts to provide public school children with federal funds (vouchers) to transfer to another public school or a private school, including religious schools. The amendment would authorize $50 million for fiscal 2002 and subsequent necessary sums for the next six fiscal years. Rejected.American Association of University Women
School Vouchers.
During Senate consideration of the Better Education for Students and Teachers (BEST—S1) Act, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) offered an amendment to create a demonstration program for 10 school districts. Under this proposal, public school children could use federal funds in the form of vouchers to transfer to another public school, including charter schools, or pay tuition at a private school.
AAUW opposed the Gregg amendment because public funds should be used to improve only public education. Private and religious school voucher programs would weaken the public school system by diverting from public education already scarce funds needed to boost teacher training, decrease class size, expand support services, and improve facilities.
The Senate rejected the amendment.
National Education Association
ESEA Reauthorization Bill.
NEA opposed an amendment by Senator Gregg (R-NH) to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill (S. 1) to authorize a private school voucher program in three states and 10 school districts. The amendment was defeated.Christian Coalition
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Authorization.
Gregg/Hutchinson Modified Amendment No. 536 (to Amendment No. 358), to provide a low-income school choice demonstration program. Rejected.Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)
ESEA/Vouchers.
To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.Citizens Against Government Waste
S. 1: ESEA Reauthorization - School Vouchers.
The Senate rejected the amendment offered by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) to create a pilot school voucher program.International Union, UAW
Senate Rejects Attempt to Undermine Public Education.
During consideration of legislation reauthorizing the Elementary & Secondary Education Act, Senator Gregg (R-N.H.) offered an amendment that would have allowed public funds to be used for vouchers to pay for the costs of attending private educational institutions. The UAW and our progressive allies opposed this attempt to undermine our public education system, and it was defeated.
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Undermining Public Schools.
The Senate defeated an amendment to the Better Education of Students and Teachers Act (S. 1) that would create government-subsidized vouchers to pay for private education. These vouchers would undermine public schools, where most Americans educate their children, by diverting scarce tax dollars to private schools. They could also cost thousands of AFSCME member jobs. AFSCME opposed this amendment, which was defeated by the Senate.Americans for Tax Reform
School Vouchers.
The Senate rejected and amendment creating a demonstration program testing school vouchers for public, charter, and private schools.Hadassah
School Voucher Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The Senate rejected an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would allow students attending failing public schools to use a school voucher that would subsidize their attendance in a private or religious school.