A smaller stack of Florida school choice bills still in the hopper
Halfway through this year’s Florida legislative session, here’s a brief look at the school choice related bills that are still moving. To compare to the bills at the beginning of...
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Florida lawmakers to consider a stack of school choice bills
Editor’s note: Another year, another legislative session, another stack of school-choice bills in Florida. Here’s a roundup of choice legislation that lawmakers will consider in the annual session that begins...
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Final tally on school choice bills in Florida
Editor’s note: Florida has a national reputation as school choice central. And in the state legislative session that ended Friday, lawmakers again took up a wide range of choice proposals, including the parent trigger bill...
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LEGISLATIVE WATCH: The Florida scene
The legislative push in Florida on education is being generally described as light this year, with most of the emphasis on restoring financial cuts made to public schools last year....
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Tight timetable to pass flurry of choice bills in Pennsylvania
Come Thursday, the deadline for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to approve the state’s budget will pass. But despite the tight timetable, Gov. Tom Corbett told reporters yesterday that the state...
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A bill expanding Florida’s virtual education landscape advances
A bill that would turn Florida’s virtual education landscape into a public-private potpourri of learning options passed a Senate committee this afternoon without a peep of dissent. In fact, among...
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The State of the Sunshine State
Florida Gov. Rick Scott will deliver his first State of the State speech this evening, and whatever he may say about education, political observers in the Sunshine State already are calling this...
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Legislative Watch — Pennsylvania bill advances; Georgia, Maryland and Ohio file similar measures
Pennsylvania’s proposed Opportunity Scholarship (SB 1) made it through a key Senate education committee today, passing by an 8-2 margin, with two Democrats voting in favor. Democrats in opposition to the measure...
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Legislative Watch: Pennsylvania, Indiana bills get marathon hearings; Virginia measure dies
While a Senate committee in Virginia killed a proposed tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students, legislatures in Pennsylvania and Indiana engaged in day-long hearings this week on their respective voucher...
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Legislative Watch: New Jersey and Virginia plans advance; Arizona and Tennessee bills filed
We continue to watch state legislation nationally and in Washington, D.C., that would establish tax credit scholarships, school vouchers or other publicly funded private options. New Jersey has generated the most...
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