Analysts estimate the “universal choice” plan could steer $2.4 billion from public schools as early as next year, as students take their state dollars to private schools.
"Two systems" relying on taxpayer dollars
Advocates included a large contingent of Americans for Prosperity activists who helped pack the House committee room. AFP, a libertarian group created and funded by Koch Industries’ David Koch, has long supported the voucher effort. Florida has been enhancing school choice options for the past 25 years, but the House’s push represents the breaking of a last barrier.The legislation discards what had been a requirement that families qualify for private school vouchers according to income eligibility or having children with special needs.
Also defeated was an amendment by Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, that would have barred families with a household income of $1 million or more from getting a private school voucher.
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