Funds for Florida’s K-12 tax-credit scholarships will expand another 25 percent next year, thanks to the popularity of private school choice among poor families.
About 61,000 low-income students will receive scholarships to attend private schools this fall through the program, said Jon East, a vice president at Step Up for Students, the nonprofit that administers it. About 2.7 million students attend Florida public schools, and about half potentially qualify for the scholarships. Read more.
This article appeared in School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, August 8, 2013.
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