Parents plead for voucher for disabled students

Thursday, February 14, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nikki Harper moved across Columbia so her autistic son could go to a different public elementary school. Shari Kaminsky is paying $32,000 a year to send her autistic son to a private school because she believes a suburban St. Louis public school failed to help him.

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