Report: Florida Legislature’s Expansion of Education Privatization a “Risky Experiment” and “Traditional Public Schools Suffer”
The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy issued a report that serves as a stunning rebuke of not only the most recent legislative session’s education agenda, but also of the one dominated by republicans over the last four years. The report, researched and written by Alan Stonecipher, includes easy to discern supporting data. Here are the report’s key findings:
· Florida is pursuing education privatization further and faster than any other state. New laws in effect for the 2011-12 school year expand eligibility and funding for school choice programs. Florida already is the leader nationally in the number of students and tax dollars appropriated in voucher programs.
· While they cut funding for public schools, legislators expanded every alternative to
