2024-25 Florida Voucher Funding Approaches $4 Billion
Step Up for Students (the politically connected, scholarship funding organization that oversees more than 99% of Florida’s voucher…
Using your neighbor’s taxes to fund your child’s Private School Tuition
If you use your neighbor’s tax dollars to fund your child’s private school tuition and then claim its…
What Is That New Car Smell?
“The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program provides a student the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend…
Florida Legislature Poised to Give Preferential Treatment to Charter Schools With Conservative Political Agendas
Florida currently has over 726 charter schools in 46 (out of 67) school districts. Of those, just 2.5%…
HB109 and “State-Sponsored Pilfering” of Florida’s Public Schools
Last week, before Florida’s House Choice and Innovation Education subcommittee voted favorably, along party lines, on HB109, Rep. Katherine…
Will Adding Even More Vouchers Improve SUFS’s Customer Service?
In Florida, parents of students receiving FES-UA vouchers are not happy. More than two months into the school…
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Prediction: Florida’s De-reg Will NOT Include the Policies Designed to Advance School Privatization
On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, the Florida State Board of Education (FLBOE) is required to submit their de-regulation…
Tax Funded LEGOS, “Hamilton” tickets, Skateboards, and Disney admissions – Money Well Spent?
Prior to Florida’s 2023 passage of HB1, Family Empowerment Scholarships for Education Options (FES-EO) had family income caps…
Stories About How Charters Profit and Suspect Statistics from a Charter School Lobbyist
Setting the Record Straight. Last week in Senate Appropriations, SB1328’s final stop before the Senate floor, Senate Democrats…
Should Monroe Tax Dollars Be Used to Open Charter Schools in Escambia? More Fiscal Shenanigans in Florida.
Last week, the Florida GOP super majority advanced bills which will require the distribution of school district capital outlay…
Mandating Studies and Ignoring Results Because They Don’t Advance Your Agenda – The Real Florida Way
At the 4/17/23 House Appropriations Committee meeting, Rep. Jennifer Canady, R-Polk, sponsor of HB1259, was frustrated and angry….
Intellectually Bankrupt: Education Funding in Florida and the Impacts of HB1/SB202
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to advancing policies and budgets…
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