S. HRG. 99-500 STATE AND LOCAL INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATIONS CHOICE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 22, 1985 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 57-715 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1986 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TED STEVENS, Alaska WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware, Chairman CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland DAVE DURENBERGER, Minnesota THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN GLENN, Ohio CARL LEVIN, Michigan JOHN M. DUNCAN, Staff Director CONTENTS Chester E. Finn, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Im- provement, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, accompanied by Jack Klenk, Patricia Lines, and Jay Noell.. Joseph Nathan, research fellow, Public School Incentives, St. Paul, MN. Hon. Wiley F. Mitchell, Jr., Virginia State Senate, Richmond, VA; and Rox- anne Bradshaw, secretary-treasurer, National Education Association, Wash- |