School Voucher Funding Ruled Unconstitutional (2013)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2013-05-10
Duration: 00:07:37
Subjects: Education | Educational vouchers | Louisiana. Supreme Court
Contributors:
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Monaghan, Steve Panelist
- Lewis, Eric Panelist
- Augustus, Falesha Panelist
Description
This segment from the May 10, 2013, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford leading an in-studio panel discussion on the Louisiana Supreme Court’s ruling that the funding mechanism for the state’s school voucher program is unconstitutional. The panelists are: Steve Monaghan, the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers; Eric Lewis of the Louisiana chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options; and Falesha Augustus, the mother of school voucher student. They discuss their reaction to the ruling and the future of the school voucher program.