Fewer than 1 percent of the pupils in the program are in nonreligious private school.

In the program's first year, in 1996, about a quarter of the recipients attended nonreligious private schools.

It is the intention of the board to create a private, nonreligious high school.

And even our program has been restricted to nonreligious schools.

About 4 percent of children from high-income families are in nonreligious private schools, up only a fraction from 1979.

There may be no other private, nonreligious school like it in the country.

The only existing voucher program is in Milwaukee, where poor children have been given state money to attend nonreligious private schools since 1990.

Some students get vouchers to use at nonreligious private schools of their choice.

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

The country's only other voucher program, in Milwaukee, has so far been limited to nonreligious private schools.