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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 voucher program was expanded in 2023 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that allowed all families, regardless of their income levels, to apply for a private school voucher.
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.
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 ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo, take a photo with students at St. John the Apostle Catholic School in Hialeah, Florida, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Fuel. Federal excise taxes have been stable at 18.4¢ per gallon for gasoline and 24.4¢ per gallon for diesel fuel since 1993. This raised $37.4 billion in fiscal year 2015. These fuel taxes raised 90% of the Highway Trust Fund. The average of state taxes on fuel was 31.02¢ per gallon for gasoline and 32.66¢ per gallon for diesel fuel in 2021.