Other Programs

CHAPTER PROGRAMS

  1. College Summit Expands Pilot in Milwaukee
  2. MCBAEO Transition to College Senior Seminar increases College Enrollment for Local High School Students
  3. MCBAEO: The Parent Voice for Quality Educational Options
  4. Contact the Parent Information and Help line at 414 288-8360
  5. The Senior Connection to College Scholarships
  6. ACT Prep opportunities available for high school students at UWM
  7. School choice leaders sound the alarm
  8. Making The Grade: Using Data to improve Performance in Milwaukee's City-chartered Schools

NATIONAL INITIATVES

  1. Scholarship Information
  2. Parental Choice Options
  3. 10th Anniversary Celebration of BAEO: March 4-6, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI
  4. Symposium 2010: 10th Anniversary
  5. AFTERSCHOOL STUDY
  6. Democrats Show Support for Parental Choice Programs
  7. Gates Small Schools
  8. 2009 National Charter Schools Conference Concludes with Stirring Speech by Dr. Howard Fuller
  9. Our Voice, Our Choice
  10. The Color of Success: Black Student Achievement in Public Charter Schools
  11. BAEO Year in Review: 2008
  12. BAEO Battles Deed Restrictions at State Board
  13. Save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
  14. SLPS Deed Restrictions
  15. Board Chair Howard Fuller & DFER Chair Kevin Chavous Respond to Sec. Duncan's Decision about DC Scholarship Program
  16. Learn more about the battle to protect the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
  17. Click Here for Facts About School Choice
  18. 2008 Annual Report
  19. Our Voice, Our Choice
  20. 5th Annual Seminar on Education Policy & Parental Choice
  21. A Parental Choice Victory in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
The Oldest Voucher Program in the Nation

In January 2005, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau released its report on the MPCP.

Enrollment

The program has grown from 337 students (FTE) at seven schools in 1990-91 to 14,824.7 students (FTE) at 125 schools in 2005-06. Enrollment is capped by statute at 22,500 students.

Eligibility

Eligible students are from Milwaukee families with incomes at or below 175% of the federal poverty level � $35,523 for a family of four in 2006-07. Once a child enters the MPCP, a family�s income is allowed to rise to 220% of the federal poverty level - $44,658 for a family of four in 2006-07. In addition, initial income eligibility for siblings of students already using a voucher is at the higher 220% threshold.

Eligible students may receive up to $6,501 in 2006-07 to enroll at the private Milwaukee school of their choice.

Constitutionality

The Wisconsin Supreme Court twice has upheld the constitutionality of the MPCP. On June 27, 2002 the United States Supreme Court upheld voucher programs, such as the MPCP, that let parents choose among non-religious and religious private schools.

Cost

The state pays 55% of MPCP costs, less than the statewide average of two-thirds of K-12 costs for districts (the state pays 85% of the cost of students who attend MPS). Milwaukee taxpayers pay the remaining 45%. According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the program does not have a state aid or property tax impact on districts outside Milwaukee.