This report represents a summary of the East Hartford, Connecticut, effort to establish an educational voucher system and the reasons for its defeat. Sections focus on the four basic issues that underlie any voucher plan: (1) nonpublic school involvement, (2) competition and the creation of an artificial market, (3) parent power and resultant decentralization, and (4) the creation and maintenance of alternative educational programs and services. The report also discusses the role of the state department of education and other agencies that will, or should be, involved with future voucher plans or similar innovations. (Author/IRT)