Private School Vouchers BACKGROUND Proposals for private school vouchers have surfaced several times in a short duration in the 112th Congress.  NSBA, working with state associations and grassroots members as well as other national organizations under the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE), successfully defeated a voucher proposal for students with disabilities in military families in the FY 2012 Defense Authorization Act.  The proposal was rejected in a bipartisan vote of 26-34 duri