Florida’s Family Empowerment Scholarship program gives parents the power to choose the best educational setting for their children. But SB 318, sponsored by Sen. Don Gaetz, goes far beyond a simple fix to student tracking and instead creates new hurdles for families and private schools.

Here’s what SB 318 would do:

• Create unnecessary paperwork for families; including those already approved for scholarships.
• Force private schools to replicate IEPs for students before meaningful consultation with public schools.
• Limit access for families who work in private schools.
• Allow double funding of students in both scholarships and public schools, wasting taxpayer dollars.
• Fail to hold public schools accountable for timely responses, potentially blocking scholarships.

 

What you can do:
Act now to protect parental choice and prevent unnecessary burdens on families and private schools. Contact your legislators today and urge them to oppose SB 318.

Together, we can ensure Florida’s school choice programs remain fair, flexible, and effective.