While not a total voucher system where the money normally spent on public education per pupil by the state would be given to a student to attend a private school, committees in both the Florida House and Senate this week approved similar measures that would give choice to students to attend schools outside their normal attendance district if the school they were assigned to was considered a failing school.
Under new criteria that is set to be adopted as part of this legislation, some 200 schools would fall below the line compared to just 24 now. That means that 110,000 students - some 6 times the 17,000 currently eligible - could switch schools and stay in their new attendance district for the balance of their educational career.
There are still some details to work out such as finding money to fund the program and transporting the students to their new schools, but the legislature is taking a hard look at improving performance.
Improving education has been the catch phrase around the country the past couple of years. but here is a State preparing to do something about it. Don't fix the problem schools. Move on. If no one wants to attend them, eliminate them. They have been given plenty of opportunities to get better.
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