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                                        |               Percent who favor position
                                        |___________________________________________________________
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |                  1996
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                Question                |1989|1990|1991|1993|1995|     |   No    | Public |Nonpublic
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |Total|children | school | school
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |     |in school|parents | parents
________________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_________|________|_________
                   1                    | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  |  7  |    8    |   9    |   10
________________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_________|________|_________
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you favor or oppose allowing         |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  students and their parents to         |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  choose which public schools in the    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  community the students attend         |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  regardless of where they live?........| 60 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 69 |  ---|      ---|     ---|      ---
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you favor or oppose allowing         |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  students and parents to choose        |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  a private school to attend at         |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  public expense?.......................| ---| ---| 26 | 24 | 33 |  36 |      33 |     39 |      60
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you think private schools that accept|    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  government tuition payments for       |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  these students should be accountable  |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  to public authorities or not?.........|    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
    Yes, should be accountable..........| ---| ---| ---| 63 | 73 |  ---|      ---|     ---|      ---
    No, should not be accountable.......| ---| ---| ---| 34 | 24 |  ---|      ---|     ---|      ---
    Don't know..........................| ---| ---| ---|  3 |  3 |  ---|      ---|     ---|      ---
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SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappan, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," September 1996. (This table was prepared April 1997.)