The Daniels Fund, known across the West for helping send needy and deserving kids to college, has agreed to pay much of the legal bill for Douglas County Schools as the district fights to keep its voucher program alive.
The fund's initial gift of $330,000 will pay the district's legal tab to date, district officials confirmed.
In addition, the fund has offered a matching grant of $200,000 for what is expected to be the ongoing cost of the legal battle. To collect that money, the district will have to raise an additional $200,000.
"We are extremely grateful to The Daniels Fund for their very generous contribution," Douglas County superintendent Elizabeth Celania-Fagen said. "These dollars will allow us to support our students without using taxpayer dollars."
In March, Douglas County schools approved a pilot project that would have paid $4,575 toward private school tuition for up to 500 of its students.
In July, the American Civil Liberties Union and others including one parents' group, filed suit to stop the program, charging that it violates the Colorado Constitution.
RT: It's about time someone called the bluff of the ACLU....finally these bottom feeders will have to work. Congrats to the Daniels Fund to recognize that school choice is important. Liberals should be embracing choice....but no...
Bravo to the Daniels Foundation, it's about time the people stood up the the teacher's union and local government to demand options for the education of their children. I hope that vouchers become more common nation wide and that children are able to gain a more complete and thorough education as a result.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
