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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Scott Signs Another Expansion of the Voucher Program; Meanwhile a Zephyrhills Private School is Investigated for McCay Abuse | Scathing Purple Musings

Scott Signs Another Expansion of the Voucher Program; Meanwhile a Zephyrhills Private School is Investigated for McCay Abuse | Scathing Purple Musings:


Scott Signs Another Expansion of the Voucher Program; Meanwhile a Zephyrhills Private School is Investigated for McCay Abuse

The tax credit scholarship that Rick Scott expanded this week is different from the McCay Scholarship plan, but both are taxpayer-funded programs which take money away from public schools. Florida’s policy-makers emerged unscathed from last summers’ revelations of wide-spread abuse of the McCay scholarship program. They’ve got another one on their hands this morning.
ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida – The allegations don’t just include abuse of taxpayer funds, but also of children with disabilities. And there’s practically no system in place with the state to stop it.
The 10 News Investigators received numerous complaints about how Zephyrhills Christian