A look inside SB 7070 FL Train Bill – a radical shift to vouchers for all

Gov. DeSantis Proposed Budget Implementing Bill here. Important: Here is where the “Equal Opportunity Voucher” is first mentioned, it is later called the “Family Empowerment Scholarship/Voucher.” This voucher is radical because the Governor seeks to fund it through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) through our property taxes instead of a diverted revenue scheme (Corporate…

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Take Action: FL Ed Train Bill SB 7070 is a big NO

Folks, tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:30A as the Florida Senate Education Committee hears SB 7070. We must  vehemently oppose  SB 7070, a massive “Train Bill” that caters solely to the Koch Brothers and school “choice” lobbyists. We must reject the combining of a massive voucher expansion that will use public dollars within the…

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FL 2019 Legislature – Public Education Bills to Follow

The 2019 Florida Legislature begins March 5, 2019. Gov. DeSantis Proposed Budget Implementing Bill here. Important: Here is where the “Equal Opportunity Voucher” is first mentioned, it is later called the “Family Empowerment Scholarship/Voucher.” This voucher  is radical because the Governor seeks to fund it through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) through our property…

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