Republican-led voucher expansion could steer $2.4 billion from Florida public schools

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Advocates included a large contingent of Americans for Prosperity activists who helped pack the House committee room. AFP, a libertarian group created and funded by Koch Industries’ David Koch, has long supported the voucher effort. Florida has been enhancing school choice options for the past 25 years, but the House’s push represents the breaking of a last barrier.The legislation discards what had been a requirement that families qualify for private school vouchers according to income eligibility or having children with special needs.

Also defeated was an amendment by Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, that would have barred families with a household income of $1 million or more from getting a private school voucher.

Is he a Libertarian? Why does he want to force the taxpayers to fund his child's elite private school education? Why doesn't he want to help make EVERY neighborhood school excellent? Excerpt: “But how dare you tell me that I have to make that decision” says Roach.

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