“Whatever could go wrong, Has gone wrong”
Florida’s rapidly expanding voucher program effectively bankrupted the K–12 funding formula in 2024–25, resulting in a $47 million deficit. Today,…
Where Did the Money Go?
Florida’s school funding shortfall demands transparency — release the Fourth Calculation. Florida relies on two official student counts…
Planning to Fail: How HB1’s Flawed Analysis Left Florida Taxpayers Holding the Bag
Universal vouchers are draining state revenue and driving up local property taxes “HB1s fiscal analysis vastly underestimates the…
Facing Deficits, Will Florida’s Lawmakers Look to Public Education for Reductions?
Since Florida’s Universal Vouchers were instituted, nearly all new state K-12 funding has gone to students who never…
profiteering at the expense of students, families, and taxpayers: Step Up’s Marketplace
Students shouldn’t be trapped In a Marketplace Full Of overpriced choices. Families and taxpayers deserve better. On August…
From Public Good to Personal Gain: How Florida’s ESAs Invite Abuse
K–12 funds are meant to educate students now, not be siphoned into private accounts—yet another reason Florida’s school…
Selling Florida’s Public Schools, Piece by Piece
How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools Florida’s public schools…
The Wheels on the Bus… Are Underfunded
Florida lawmakers scrapped school start time reforms rather than Address underfunded Student transportation—will they now divert those same…
Step Up’s Plan B: Redirect Title I, Privatize Public Education
In the 2023–24 school year (FY2024), Florida’s public schools—both district-managed and charter—received approximately $1.1 billion in federal Title I education funding….
Florida’s Quiet Attack on AP, IB, and Dual Enrollment: A Temporary Win—and a Warning
When Florida lawmakers tried to balance the K–12 budget—strained by an estimated $4 billion in voucher costs this year—they…
Brief FEFP Budget Update
Legislature Agrees to Fully Fund AP, IB, and AICE— But K-12 Budget Lags Significantly Behind Inflation Reports this…
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Wednesday’s State Board Meeting May Get Interesting
ICYMI Florida Is Now Number 2 On Wednesday, June 4, 2025, Florida’s State Board of Education will meet…
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