Not exact matches
Florida's choice strategy also included the creation of the nation's
largest voucher
program — the McKay Scholarship Program — for students with disabilities and the «Step Up for Students» tax credit for economically disadvantaged ch
program — the McKay
Scholarship Program — for students with disabilities and the «Step Up for Students» tax credit for economically disadvantaged ch
Program — for students with disabilities and the «Step Up for Students»
tax credit for economically disadvantaged children.
1 Over the past eight years, the
program has proven enormously popular: With more than 13,000 students, it is the sixth
largest tax -
credit scholarship program in the country.2 Twenty - nine
scholarship organizations accept private,
tax -
credit - eligible donations to offer
scholarships to those students.3
Of America's school choice
programs, the Florida
Tax Credit Scholarship Program is one of the
largest in terms of student participation.
The survey found that a
large majority of choice parents are satisfied with their new schools and were easily able to find a suitable private school that participates in the state's voucher or
tax -
credit scholarship program.
Dr. Matt Chingos of the Urban Institute released a new study that shows very favorable long - term outcomes for students who enroll in the Florida
Tax Credit Scholarship Program — the largest private school choice program in the country.The results are clear: the Florida program significantly increases college matriculation, especially when students were enrolled in the FTC program for a longer period o
Program — the
largest private school choice
program in the country.The results are clear: the Florida program significantly increases college matriculation, especially when students were enrolled in the FTC program for a longer period o
program in the country.The results are clear: the Florida
program significantly increases college matriculation, especially when students were enrolled in the FTC program for a longer period o
program significantly increases college matriculation, especially when students were enrolled in the FTC
program for a longer period o
program for a longer period of time.
Only the top seven states in the list actually have ESA, voucher, and / or
tax -
credit scholarship spending that is
larger than 1 percent of combined
program and public K — 12 spending in that respective state.
Moreover, Florida's ESA
program is run by the state's
largest tax -
credit scholarship organization, providing a model for the private management of an ESA
program.
But as I work in Florida to build parent engagement in the nation's
largest tax -
credit -
scholarship program for economically disadvantaged students, private educators in the state are tugging at my sleeve with a remarkable request: Let us use the Common Core State Standards.
Today the American Federation for Children applauds the Florida Supreme Court for its decision this morning to decline to hear an appeal of a lawsuit that sought to end the Florida
Tax Credit Scholarship, the
largest private school choice
program in America.
Merriweather was able to attend a private school in Florida after receiving a
tax -
credit scholarship through the state's Step Up for Students
program, the
largest of its kind in the country.
Full disclosure: I work for Step Up For Students, which hosts this blog and helps administer Florida's
tax credit scholarship program, the largest private school choice program in the nation, and the state's Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts program, its education savings accounts for students with spe
scholarship program, the
largest private school choice
program in the nation, and the state's Personal Learning
Scholarship Accounts program, its education savings accounts for students with spe
Scholarship Accounts
program, its education savings accounts for students with special needs.
The legislation also improves equity for charter school funding and creates the
largest tax credit scholarship program at inception.
Florida's
program, established in 2001, provides is the
largest of 17 state
tax -
credit scholarships in the nation.
Strong Hispanic support for choice is clear in Florida, which has the nation's
largest tax credit scholarship program and one of its biggest charter school sectors.