Friday, February 24, 2023

Proposed School Voucher Expansion - $209 Million or $4 Billion?


Florida House analysts estimate that a proposal to make all students eligible for taxpayer-funded vouchers would cost $209.6 million next year, while critics say that dramatically underestimates potential costs.

...the House’s cost estimate is far lower than a projection released by the Florida Policy Institute, a non-profit group that opposes the voucher expansion. The group published a report this month that said the bill could cost the state about $4 billion in the initial year and pointed to issues such as the potential elimination of current family-income caps to receive vouchers.

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