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Article: School: Clothing vouchers for poor children have paid dividends over the years
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 30, 2002
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THERE was a time, and many older people remember it, when poor
children dreaded the start of school and dropped out as soon as they
could. They simply couldn't dress well enough to feel comfortable
with the other children. They stuck out like sore thumbs.
For more than a quarter of a century now, the state of West
Virginia has been doing something about that by giving the parents of
poor children a little bit of money for school clothes.
The state's school clothing voucher program, begun in 1974 by
former Gov. Arch Moore, has been maintained by succeeding
administrations. But it has remained relatively small by government
standards.
This year, the state automatically gave clothing vouchers ...