Rep. Norcross Offers Non-Discrimination Amendment to D.C. School Voucher Program
Human Rights Campaign. By Jordan Dashow
...Yesterday, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) offered an amendment to legislation reauthorizing the District of Columbia school voucher program to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination in schools that receive these taxpayer-funded vouchers
...Rep. Norcross' amendment would have explicitly prohibited any school participating in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program — which provides annual scholarships to eligible students to attend a private school in Washington, D.C. — from discriminating on the basis of any protected category in the D.C. Human Rights Act, including actual or perceived "race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, political affiliation, source of income, or disability of any individual."