As the groups behind the lawsuit challenging Florida's tax credit scholarship program weigh a possible appeal of a ruling dismissing the case, one school board has decided unanimously not to support one.
The question came up Tuesday at the Collier County School Board, which was asked to give its input to the Florida School Boards Association.
The association is holding its annual meetings in Tampa starting today, and its board is expected to decide how to proceed with the case, which it joined last year along with the statewide teachers union and other groups.
"I do not support the lawsuit against the vouchers," Collier board member Kelly Lichter said during Tuesday's meeting.
Lichter is known as a school choice supporter. Other members agreed it wasn't worth pursuing an appeal of Judge George Reynolds' recent ruling dismissing the case.
"I believe that once a lawsuit has been sent back by the judge, then we should move on," board member Roy Terry said.
After the discussion, Curatolo, the board chair, said the will of the board was clear: "I believe that we have come to consensus that this lawsuit should not be pursued."
Other school boards have also debated the lawsuit and declined to oppose it, but those debates came before Reynolds' ruling last month.
A video of the discussion can be seen here. The lawsuit question comes up at about 1:14:55.
The tax credit scholarship referenced in this post is administered by Step Up For Students, which co-hosts this blog and employs the author.
