Dear Senator:The undersigned organizations of the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE) wish to comment on the expiring Washington, D.C., private school voucher program in conjunction with the markup the Committee will hold Thursday, July 10 on the District of Columbia appropriations bill. NCPE strongly opposes the funneling of public money to private and religious schools through vouchers, and wants to comment on the bipartisan bill that was passed out of the subcommittee earlier today.