Only 6 of the 200 students entering this week are paying full tuition, school officials said.
The IPS would provide services such as music tuition, school meals, health and safety, broadband, and the training of staff and governors, a spokesman said.
Under Colorado's first voucher program, up to 500 students would be allotted $4,575 in taxpayer funds each to attend a tuition school outside of the district.
Since then, the foundation has sponsored the education of 15 young girls, providing their tuition, school supplies and living expenses.
Jenni Levy Esq, who is currently the Lower School Principal in General Studies at one of the older, more established Jewish day schools in Bergen County (with a tuition well above $9,000 but still among the lowest priced of the high-tuition schools), is an advocate of integrating computerized, online instruction with classroom learning as an asset to the overall educational experience.
The program provides vouchers of up to $2,250 toward tuition at schools that choose to participate.
And, perhaps most important, can public money be used to offset tuition at schools sponsored by religions?
Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti has attacked the spending squeeze on music tuition in schools.
High school tuition at the school is $13,000 a year, and the average amount of state-supported help is $4,000 per student, she said.
The tuition the school expects to charge is still below that of many prestigious private colleges.
