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 ...

A new federal voucher program will supplement the already existing state program, one of the nation’s most generous.

As Florida’s new state budget channels more money toward private and charter schools, public school advocates are sounding the alarm about the future of public education — warning that ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The State of Florida is experiencing a record number of students participating in the school voucher program. According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the ...

But it’s another avenue for families to exercise their choice, get the funding that they’d normally receive, the equivalent of it, in a district-operated school, and go to a private provider ...

Lawmakers should fight to preserve the public features that have made charter schools an essential part of Florida’s ...

Ahead of the 2024-25 school year, families such as Kurzweil’s are part of the growing number who are receiving taxpayer-funded scholarships to attend the private school of their choosing.

Story at a glance A private religious school in Florida will not be expected to follow a new LGBTQ+ inclusive policy to receive federal funding for school lunches. Grant Park Christian Academy ...

But the overall total including local, state and private school voucher funding for education increased by 3%, due to a huge increase in state money going toward private school vouchers —- which ...

Some 41,000 students and their families awarded school choice scholarships in the most recently concluded school year didn’t ...

Florida lawmakers are trying to revise school funding in the wake of what’s known as universal school choice. That law has made all Florida students eligible for scholarships to private schools ...

Since 2019, when Florida lawmakers created a voucher program called the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, the “flow of public funds to private education” has dramatically increased ...