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Voucher expansion in the works in Florida?
- 12-13-2010
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Blog by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week
Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott is publicly supporting the creation of an ambitious—and perhaps unprecedented —voucher-type program in a state that has long been a laboratory for aggressive school choice plans. The Republican appears to be intent on pressing forward with an effort to let parents across Florida choose how to spend their share of state funding, according to a speech he delivered before voucher students last week, as reported by the St. Petersburg Times. The options for parents, Scott said, would apparently include using public money to choose either a public, private, or virtual school. (One newspaper headline: "Vouchers for Everyone?") There also appears to be some very intense wordsmithing underway in the Sunshine State. Supporters of the idea have notably avoided calling the idea a "voucher" program, describing it instead as an "education savings account," the newspaper reported. (more…)
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