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Florida lawmakers will meet beginning Monday for the annual regular legislative session. They’re required to pass a state budget, which Gov. Ron DeSantis released his recommendations for in December.
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At a House subcommittee meeting, state leaders and voucher distributors discussed how to make future voucher payments more seamless.
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Superintendent Peter Licata says closing schools is a last resort but it's still an option to save the district money.
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Senate bill sponsor Jay Collins, R-Tampa, pointed to a waiting list of roughly 8,900 students seeking vouchers in the program.
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The proposal would increase the number of students this school year while also placing a higher cap on the number of ESE students next year. The Senate is slated to vote on the issue Wednesday.
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Proponents of the scholarships have touted them as allowing families to customize students’ educations.
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Legislative leaders say the session will include an effort to provide “a mechanism to increase the number of students served under the Family Empowerment Scholarship for students with disabilities.”
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Florida lawmakers are gearing up to provide additional funding to a part of the state's school-voucher program that serves students with special needs, as some proponents of the scholarships say demand has outpaced supply.
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Florida is among at least four states that have made most children eligible for taxpayer-funded scholarships to private schools — and are seeing more families using the programs than planned.
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School board chair Bridget Ziegler voted against the move to spend $40,000 to redraw the maps, saying she was "indifferent." Board member Tom Edwards questioned the need for the costly expenditure.
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Debates over parental rights, school choice and what should be taught in public schools have embroiled state lawmakers and local school districts.
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Debates over parental rights, school choice and what should be taught in public schools have embroiled state lawmakers and local school districts.