TELL US: Has your student received a Family Empowerment Scholarship over the past year?
Itโs been a year since private school vouchers became available to Florida families regardless of income.
Florida Senate releases sweeping school choice proposal
The Senate proposal also would establish the โGardiner-McKay Scholarship,โ by combining two existing voucher programs that serve students with special needs. Diazโs plan would result in the consolidation of five of the stateโs existing major school-voucher programs into two programs. Step Up for Students, a nonprofit organization that helps administer two of the stateโs existing voucher programs, also is backing Diazโs proposal. The Democrats expressed fear that Diazโs proposal would shift Floridaโs public schools toward a universal school-choice system. โWeโre going to have to fight like hell on this one.โThe Florida Education Association, the stateโs largest teachers union, also opposes the measure.