"Expands eligibility as well as increases the number of scholarships available each year so tens of thousands of more children will have access to educational choices" federationforchildren.org/american-feder…
"We should be in the business of funding students, not institutions."
"Florida leads the nation in the number of families accessing choice programs and this bill assures families desperately awaiting a scholarship will have the opportunity in future years to have the very best educational options for their children." federationforchildren.org/american-feder…
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Nebraska Senator Justin Wayne (D) tells his colleagues he'll vote against the school choice bill if they agree to send their own kids to public schools.
"The only people who are opposing school choice today are the same people who have choice.
And many of them exercise that choice."
"Here's my offer: I will vote to kill this bill if you send your kids to one of the schools in my district that we're waiting to turn around.
Don't make a choice that you won't allow anybody else to make just based off of income."
"Before, the scholarship program was open to families whose income did not exceed $77,250 for a family of four. Under the new requirements, families of four earning nearly $100,000 would qualify."
"The bill will also increase the value of vouchers, giving away hundreds of millions to families seeking scholarships, and could potentially create more than 60,000 new voucher opportunities."