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On the recordMarch 18, 2004
there have been, what, 21,000 students in the State of Arizona who have been able to take advantage of a scholarship to attend a school of their choice; but there have also been significant amounts of money that have flowed back into the public schools where parents who are very satisfied with what is going on in their public school, the public school has identified a specific need. I think that is what really intrigued me is it did not pit one sector of our education system against another, the privates against the parochials. This actually ended up being a win-win situation for education in general because it became a new way to voluntarily fund the public and private and parochial system, a voluntary way to move more money into educating our kids.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the impact of school choice scholarships in Arizona.

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