Florida’s legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis deserve a lot of credit for delivering a victory for parents and children that was more than 40 years in the making.
deserve a lot of credit for delivering a victory for parents and children that was more than 40 years in the making.in the Sunshine State, making it the fourth and by far the largest state to do so. The law will make every family in Florida eligible for up to $8,000 to spend on education outside the traditional public school system. The only hedge on the program’s universality is availability of funds, with lower-income families being first in line for what amounts to an education voucher.
The vouchers put families, not bureaucrats, in charge of educational decisions for their children. And by making schools work to attract students rather than automatically knowing the students will be assigned there because of where the students live, the vouchers encourage innovation and excellence.
“Fact of the matter is our school districts perform better because they've embraced choice," DeSantis said."OurMost data repeatedly and convincingly show that charter schools, public “education scholarships,” vouchers, and other versions of school choice work, far more often than not, to raise student performance and parental satisfaction. This is true in Florida, most notably
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