Vouchers

A legislative panel grilled voucher funding executives and an education department director about how to avoid another funding crisis in the school choice program.

Florida's school choice program enables per-pupil spending to follow the student. That has more students leaving traditional public schools, as we hear on Speaking Of.

"We can't continue to have a death by a thousand cuts," says Sarasota Superintendent Terry Connor, who had to eliminate some support staff this year.

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.

A proposal in the Florida Legislature would dramatically increase the number of students who are eligible for school vouchers. It could come with a huge price tag.

Former Governor Jeb Bush returned to Tallahassee Tuesday, rekindling his rock-star status with Florida’s conservative Republican faithful. The likely…