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Before expanding vouchers, fund public schools

Por: Orlando Sentinel Opinion January 25, 2023

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Recently Leslie Postal reported in the Orlando Sentinel about proposed legislation (HB 1) that seeks to expand Florida’s school-voucher program to all students by removing family-income requirements. The Florida Department of Education’s Fact Sheet of October 2022 states that Florida spent $568 million on vouchers in the 2021-22 school year; the maximum for 2022-23 is $873 million. All of this money goes to private schools that are not... + full article



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