Write or call your state legislators if you support or oppose these bills. Ask your legislator to protect our taxpayer dollars.You can find the bills and what committee will be discussing them at this link: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/bills.aspx?SessionId=104&HouseChamber=B As of November 3, 2023, these bills are on the House of Representatives’ list: HB 1 C Disaster relief …
School vouchers
HB 1 will expand vouchers going to religious private schools
HB 1, the universal vouchers bill, is making its way through the legislative process. It eliminates the income cap on families qualifying for a voucher. Even billionaires will qualify for a voucher (subsidy) if HB-1 passes as proposed. According to FL DOE School Choice website, 2,311 of 3,097 Florida private schools accept vouchers. Of those …
Quotes from articles about SB 48 and school vouchers in Florida
The Florida Republican Legislature has brazenly begun to pass laws that violate precedent of the Florida Supreme Court. The majority of the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 found that Florida’s school voucher program violated the state constitution’s requirement of a uniform, high-quality public education system open to all children. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/florida-supreme-court-desantis-republicans-precedent.html Two organizations are permitted to …
SB 48 (2021) will give more of our tax dollars to religious institutions if it becomes law.
If you think that religious congregations and philanthropists should fund religious institutions not the taxpayers, then please ask your representatives to honor Article 1 Section 3 of Florida’s Constitution. Article 1 Section 3 of the Florida ConstitutionReligious freedom.—There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. …