Washington, DC - Republicans Introduce School Voucher Program

Washington, DC - Republicans in the U.S. Congress proposed a national school-voucher program.
The $100 million program would pay for low-income students in weak public schools to attend private or religious schools. The money would go for tuition and private tutoring.

Politically Orthodox Jews back vouchers, saying they increase school choice and help Jewish day-school education. Liberal Jewish groups see vouchers as a breach of church-state separation and say they drain money from the public school system.