Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP): Providing Government-Funded Vouchers for Low-Income Children to Attend Private Schools in the City of Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is a program that provides government-funded vouchers for low-income children to attend private schools in the City of Milwaukee. The program is intended to target low-income children by providing them with an alternative to traditional public schools. The program allows eligible students to attend participating private schools, including religious schools, with the help of a voucher. The voucher amount is set by the state, and in 2010-11, the maximum voucher amount was $6,442. The program is designed to give low-income parents more options for their children's education and to improve student achievement. The program does not have specific requirements for participating schools, but schools must agree to participate and meet certain state requirements. In the 2010-11 school year, an accountability policy was introduced, requiring participating schools to administer the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations (WKCE) to all voucher students in grades 3-8 and 10 and to publicly