Florida Politics

Step Up For Students school choice voucher applications are up despite concerns

“Florida continues to set the pace for the nation in education choice,” Step Up For Students CEO Gretchen Schoenhaar said in ...
WLRN

Audit of Florida's voucher program finds overspending, underfunded public schools

An independent audit of Florida's voucher system has been submitted to the legislature, and a review of its findings in a Senate committee found several budgetary pitfalls. The audit found a funding ...
News4Jax

Florida private schools sue Step Up For Students over allegations of delayed scholarship payments

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Several Florida private schools have filed a lawsuit against Step Up For Students, a nonprofit organization responsible for administering state scholarship funds, alleging ...
WLRN

Florida rapidly expanded publicly-funded school vouchers. Two years later, students are lost in the mix

Irene’s six-year-old daughter hummed to herself as she delighted in setting up a tea party on the carpeted living room floor, complete with a plastic raspberry tart. The sunlight of the bright summer ...