massive expansion of Florida’s voucher program by broadening eligibility to include all K-12 students in the state would redirect billions in state school aid from public to private schools, according to an analysis by Florida Policy Institute (FPI) and Education Law Center (ELC).

High-income families, current private school students, and homeschooled students would be newly eligible for vouchers under the proposed law. Even under conservative estimates, Florida Empowerment Scholarship (FES) vouchers would cost the state about $4 billion dollars in the initial year of HB-1 implementation. This does not include costs for the proposed expansion of the Florida tax credit scholarship vouchers ($568 million in 2021-22). Article

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill removing income caps for the state’s private school vouchers, and data from Duval County Public Schools shows nearly 100,000 additional students statewide have enrolled in the program that distributes the vouchers for the upcoming school year. Video