• Permitted up to 1% of MPS Enrollment to Attend Non Sectarian Private Schools in 1990-91 SY

• No More Than 49% of School’s Enrollment Could be Voucher Students

• Income Eligibility 175% of Federal Poverty Level

• Program Funded Totally By Reducing State Aid Paid to MPS

• At Least 70% of the Pupils in the Program Must Advance One Grade Level Each Year

• Average Attendance Rate for Pupils in Program Must be at at least 90%

• At Least 80% of the Pupils In the Program Must Demonstrate Significant Academic Progress

• At Least 70% of Families Must Meet School’s Parent Participation Criteria

• Program was Not Private or Local School Law Improperly Enacted As Part of Budget Bill

• Appropriate Experimental Legislation Aimed at Improving Educational Opportunities for Low Income Students in Milwaukee

• Allow a Maximum of 1.5% of MPS Enrollment

• Permitted Up to 65% of School’s Population to be Voucher Students

• Authorized Religious Schools to Participate in the Program

• Increased Enrollment Maximum to 7% of MPS Population for 1995-96 SY and 15% in Subsequent Years

• Restrictions on Number of Voucher Students at Individual School was Removed

• Program Did Not Violate Wisconsin’s Constitutional Provision Against Spending State Fund for Religious Purposes.

• Program Did Not Violate US Constitution’s First Amendment Guarantee of Separation of Church and State

• The Government’s Expenditure Must Have a Legitimate Secular Purpose

• It Must Not Have the Primary Effect of Advancing Religion

• It Must Not Lead to Excessive Entanglement Between State and the Schools

• Revised the Funding Mechanisms and Authorized Payments for Academically Necessary Summer Classes

• Funding by Reducing MPS State Aids and 50% By Cutting Aid to Other School District Throughout the State

• Outside Districts Removed From Calculations

• MPS Reduced by 45% and State Appropriations Cover Remaining 55%

• Schools In Program Were Required to Submit to DPI Evidence of Sound Fiscal Practices and Financial Viability

• Schools Had to Submit to DPI Certificate of Occupancy

• Schools Administrator Had to Participate in DPI Fiscal Management Training

• DPI Was Given Expanded Authority to Bar Schools

• MPCP Teachers Had to Possess at Least a High School Degree

• Increased the Number of Pupils Allowed to Participate from 15% of MPS Population to 22,500

• Family Already In Program Could Go Up to 220% of Poverty

• Accreditation

• Standardized Tests

• Longitudinal Study

• Preaccreditation

• WKCE

• Accountability Measures

• Income Eligibility increased to 300% of poverty, If Married 325%

• Eliminates the Cap

• Expands Program to Racine

• WKCE

• Expands to Milwaukee County

• Once You’re In You’re In

• Bad-Actor Provision

• Removal of NCPSA Approved Agencies from Pre-Accreditation

• Clarification of Allowable Fees