school vouchers

Despite proposing nearly $30 billion for K-12 education, advocates say it’s not enough.

More than 386,000 applications for the upcoming school year have been submitted, surpassing the number of vouchers awarded last school year.

Proponents of the scholarships have touted them as allowing families to customize students’ educations.

Six weeks into the school year, families of special needs students still have not received school vouchers following a major expansion of the program in Florida.

Sadaf Knight, CEO of the Florida Policy Institute, breaks down how the expansion of school vouchers in the state is playing out.

Florida Republican lawmakers voiced confidence in their estimated costs for the state’s newest expansion of school vouchers, but they’re setting aside money just in case those estimates are off.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation to allow all K-12 students in Florida to receive vouchers for private schools, regardless of family income.

Lawmakers have finished the third week of the carefully scripted legislative session, with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans firmly in control.

Florida is the latest state to expand its school voucher program to all students, regardless of their family income and whether they’re in private school or homeschool.

The proposal lets all K-12 students in Florida become eligible for either a private school scholarship or an education savings account but hesitation about the cost is growing as other states with similar programs face big problems.