School Vouchers

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared with more than a dozen students and faculty near New College, which DeSantis has remade by appointing a conservative majority to its board of trustees.

The 60-day legislative session hits the halfway mark this week.

Opponents of Florida's universal choice plan worry resegregation in public schools will only accelerate.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that will expand school vouchers and school choice. Here's what it means.

It is also also is designed to allow home-schooled students to create “education savings accounts” that can be used for purchases beyond private-school tuition.

Democrats, teachers unions and public school districts say it will drain funding away from private and charter schools as students leave those schools.

The Senate could also approve a bill that would help shield businesses and insurance companies from lawsuits. The bills would then go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A Florida Senate cost estimate to create what’s called “universal choice” for Florida’s school voucher program has put the bill at $646 million.

It would make taxpayer-backed school vouchers eligible for any Florida student. The Senate could consider a similar bill next week.

The idea for the PCTA FYRE podcast, out weekly on Spotify, arose due to the vast amount of legislative changes in Florida affecting teacher pay, class sizes, curriculum and more.

The proposal lets all K-12 students in Florida become eligible for either a private school scholarship or an education savings account but hesitation about the cost is growing as other states with similar programs face big problems.

Parents are weighing in on a plan to lift income caps from the state's school voucher program, enabling all families to become eligible for private school tuition stipends of funding for other education-related services.