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Republican sponsors said a $350 million pot of money in this year’s state budget is expected to cover the cost of eliminating the waiting list and funding additional vouchers.
The big story: When Florida lawmakers expanded eligibility for the state’s taxpayer funded school voucher program, they also authorized families to use the money for much more than tuition and fees.
In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court gave religious schools access to state aid. And in 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states that allow school voucher programs cannot discriminate against ...
School choicein the U.S. stateof Floridais a suite of state programs that allow families to use public resources to receive education outside of their neighborhood public school. Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program is the largest of its kind in the U.S., with more students than all but the state's largest school districts.
John M. Drew (born May 31, 1973) is the current Tax Collector of Nassau County, Florida. [1] He was first appointed [2] Tax Collector by Governor Jeb Bush in May 2006. [3] He was elected to the office [4] later that year. Drew oversees property tax collection, the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, the Division of Driver Licenses ...
The Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program was a school voucher program in the U.S. state of Florida. It provided students from failing public schools in Florida with school vouchers enabling them to choose a "higher performing public school or a participating private school." A failing public school was: "a school that has received two "F ...
Updated March 29, 2023 at 5:37 AM. With the stroke of a pen Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis made it possible for every school-aged child in Florida to get a taxpayer-funded education voucher or savings ...
Last school year, 43,301 students in Miami-Dade County used a tax credit or scholarship to attend a private school, according to Step Up For Students, an organization that manages the majority of ...