Politics & Government

Rick Moze: Voucher Schools Need to be Accountable

Greenfield School Board member Rick Moze told legislators at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on Thursday that he worries vouchers are creating inequality in education.

Greenfield School Board member Rick Moze spoke out against vouchers at Thursday's Joint Fincance Comittee budget hearing in Greendale.

The hearing was the first of four being held around the state to give residents the chance to have their say on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 budget. After the hearings, the committee will vote on any changes before sending their version on to the Assembly and Senate.

“I don’t think there’s any program in the state – outside of the school voucher program – that has no regulations and no accountability,” Moze said. “The public school teachers and administrators all have to have licenses and there are other mandates and rules that we have to follow being a public school system. The voucher schools do not have to. I think we have to have a level playing field.”

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Moze said he wants see voucher schools have to follow the same rules and mandates that public schools do.

“The state constitution says that every child in this state is entitled to a free public education, it doesn’t say public or private education – it says public,” he said.

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