Stop Ron DeSantis' Private Voucher Scheme

01/16/2024

Defunding public schools and banning books, the war on public education by the extreme right continues.

07/27/2023

One of the bill's scored was HB 1, the massive taxpayer giveaway to unaccountable corporate schools.

Did your Florida state legislators vote to put people first...or powerful special interests? Find out with the People First Report Card.

02/21/2023

The politicization and undermining of Florida's public schools, colleges, and universities continues apace under Gov. DeSantis.

Florida is on pace to surpass Texas to be the #1 book banning state in the nation.

02/03/2020

If only it were easy to convince Florida’s legislative leaders that it’s finally time to end state-sanctioned discrimination.

Florida's refusal to stop subsidizing anti-gay private schools is a symptom of the state's failure to grant basic rights to LGBTQ citizens.

06/20/2019

Florida legislators were given grades in part based on their votes to oppose or support diverting more funds from neighborhood public schools to private schools and charter schools.

Did your Florida state legislator put people first...or powerful special interests?

05/06/2019

See you in court!

A new program that would allow more Florida students to use taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay for private school in Florida has passed — and is likely to end

04/30/2019

Let’s look at some of what the state Senate and House are doing for — or to — our students during this legislative session.

Do state lawmakers want Florida’s kids to fail? They say they don’t. This year we’ve heard lots of nice words from politicians about “ensuring every child has a world-class education,” “family empowerment” and providing students with “opportunity, regardless of their ZIP code or stat...

04/25/2019

There is no valid evidence that voucher schemes improve the performance of either the students receiving them or those left behind in public schools.

Republican state senators pushed through a new and expansive voucher program that will allow thousands more kids across Florida to go to private schools with public dollars. The party-line vote – 23 Republicans to 17 Democrats – came after nearly two hours of questioning and debate, with senator...

04/22/2019

We won't build great public schools for every Florida child by taking away their funding, or diverting to private school voucher schemes. Add your name and stand up for Florida's public schools today.

We call on legislators and Governor Ron DeSantis to increase state funding to $743 per student. We call for this major reinvestment in public education to happen during the 2019 legislative session so that our local school districts can include the funding in the next academic year’s budget. We kn...

04/17/2019

"Our public schools have been on a starvation diet for more than a decade, and you see the effects statewide — in an unprecedented teacher shortage, in classroom crowding, in failing A/C systems and aging facilities."

Teachers and faculty across the state joined parents and community allies for a morning “walk-in” on Wednesday, April 17, in support of increased funding for more state funding for education.

04/10/2019

"The plan would divert money from public education in a state that already ranks a disgraceful 41st in the country in per-pupil public school funding and 46th in teacher salaries."

Florida lawmakers have failed to adequately fund public education and would only make matters worse with a proposal to funnel more taxpayer money into