Crist approves historic expansion of school vouchers
This is great to see: surrounded by Democrats, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida last week signed a bill ushering in "the most sweeping expansion of private school vouchers in Florida history":
With bipartisan backing, Gov. Charlie Crist ushered in the most sweeping expansion of private school vouchers in Florida history on Thursday and revived a long-festering question:
Where does it end?
Senate Bill 2126, which Crist signed into law, is expected to ramp up significantly the number of students using tax-credit vouchers. There are 27,700 students in the program now. If current growth trends continue, 70,000 could be enrolled by 2015.
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Crist approves historic expansion of school vouchers
By Ron Matus, Jeffrey S. Solochek and Steve Bousquet, Times Staff Writers
Published Thursday, April 22, 2010
posted by Whitney Tilson at 3:40 PM
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