School vouchers

More than 120,000 families have already applied for the vouchers.

Against the backdrop of favorable decisions by the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court, Florida was among nine states expanded their school voucher programs

Proponents of the scholarships have touted them as allowing families to customize students’ educations.

Florida is among at least four states that have made most children eligible for taxpayer-funded scholarships to private schools — and are seeing more families using the programs than planned.

Since a major expansion of the program, Florida's private school voucher system has experienced delays in getting money to families and schools.

Six weeks into the school year, families of special needs students still have not received school vouchers following a major expansion of the program.

Nearly 123,000 new students are in line to receive school vouchers under a major expansion of the programs, while an organization that administers the programs says they will not bring an "exodus" from public schools as critics have predicted.

The Florida education system has been in the spotlight lately after Gov. Ron DeSantis banned diversity and inclusion programs in public colleges and approved a controversial social studies curriculum.

With back-to-school season in full swing, we talk about the latest in education news, including how various districts are handling a teacher shortage, the approval of PragerU educational materials in K-12 schools and Florida's recently expanded vouchers program.

At Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed bill HB 1 — a massive expansion of Florida’s school voucher programs, while Democrats and other opponents continued to warn about the potential costs of the plan.

Florida is the latest state to expand its school voucher program to all students, regardless of their family income and whether they’re in private school or homeschool.

The bill would make every Florida student eligible for taxpayer-backed school vouchers — a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast.