21.   A state-funded voucher program is the subject of a court debate in Cleveland.

22.   A school voucher program, put simply, would let parents tap into the public money earmarked to educate their children in designated public schools.

23.   A voucher program in Milwaukee restricts parents to choosing among private, nonreligious schools.

24.   Academic results are a more slippery measure of performance, since most voucher programs are too small and short-lived to produce definitive results.

25.   Advocates determined that floor support was insufficient to win approval of even a pilot voucher program.

26.   African Americans from Cleveland and Milwaukee, where voucher programs are in place.

27.   After several unsuccessful attempts at getting a voucher program through the Legislature, support for the idea appears to be growing.

28.   After the speech, Bush re-ignited his call for similar experimentation with a voucher system pilot program that would allow the use of state money for private school tuition.

29.   After that, they would go into a voucher program, administered through electronic swipe cards.

30.   Both Milwaukee and Cleveland have weathered many legal challenges to their voucher programs and are still entangled in court battles.