Though the U.S. Department of Justice partially backed down on its lawsuit against Louisiana’s school choice program in November, yesterday the DOJ filed its proposal to oversee the program. The program provides school vouchers to low-income families with children otherwise assigned to failing government schools. Among many proposed regulations, the DOJ wants the state of Louisiana to give the federal government the following information about each school choice applicant:
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2. Student ID number
3. Address
4. Grade
5. Race
6. School applicant attends in current school year, if any
7. Louisiana School Performance Score (letter grade) for school in (6), above, if applicable
8. Public school district of the school in (6), if applicable
9. District public school applicant would be assigned to attend for the upcoming school year if applicant does not receive a voucher
10. Louisiana School Performance Score (letter grade) for school in (9), above
11. Student enrollment in the school in (9), above, for the current school year, by race