school vouchers

The bill expands vouchers to all students and creates “education savings accounts” for home-schooled children.

The Republican-controlled Senate passed the measure Thursday amid warnings from Democrats like Sen. Tracie Davis of Jacksonville.

The bill would make every Florida student eligible for taxpayer-backed school vouchers — a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast.

The state puts the cost of a planned "universal choice" program at $210 million. That’s far below the $4 billion estimated by an independent group. Why the difference?

Using public money to send kids to private school— does it work? Is it too expensive? The debate over school vouchers continues once again.

A proposal in the state Legislature would dramatically increase the number of students who are eligible for school vouchers. It could come with a huge price tag.

A legislative proposal would set up education savings accounts that, among other things, could be sued toward private-school tuition. Home-schooled students would also be eligible.

Funds for private schools went from $326 million in 2020 to an estimated $1.3 billion for the 2022-2023 school year, according to the report.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday a decision by Wells Fargo and Fifth Third Bank to pull contributions to a Florida school-voucher program is a “publicity…

Gov. Ron DeSantis is touring the state to tout a new school voucher program that’s projected to help as many as 18,000 students go to private schools next…