Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday a sweeping universal school-choice bill, the latest red state to enact legislation allowing state education dollars to follow the child in what he described as the largest expansion of education choice in U.S...
House Bill 1 lifts income eligibility restrictions on the state’s scholarship program, which will permit more students to use their per-pupil funding to attend public, charter, homeschooling, or private schools, including private religious schools.“It expands school choice to every single student in the state of Florida,” said Mr. DeSantis.
Republican governors in Utah, Iowa and Arkansas have already signed such bills this year after Arizona made history in July as the first state with universal school choice with its education savings accounts. That includes West Virginia, where the Legislature is seeking to move up the timeline on its 2021 Hope Scholarship program to include all students this year, ahead of the prior 2026 target.
“There will be a preference for low- and middle-income families,” Mr. DeSantis said, “but at the end of the day we fundamentally believe the money should follow the student, and it should be directed based on what the parent thinks is the most appropriate education program for their child.”
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