The Arab American Association of New York is a human service agency that provides a multitude of services: basic case management, legal services, adult education programs, youth empowerment programs, and after-school tutoring.
The value of a federal voucher would probably be too small to pay for anything much except a bit of tutoring, online courses and after-school programmes.
However, both measures do allow students in failing schools to switch to another public schoolafter three years, or obtain federal dollars to use for private tutoring programs.
They did not take their arithmetic course. (Applause.) They need to talk to this young lady and get some tutoring. (Applause.) They need to stay afterschool. (Applause.) They need to get some extra study hall in there.