FSBA Session Spotlight — January 28, 2018

As we begin this fourth week of the 2018 Legislative Session, we encourage you to view our Legislative Weekly video that features Andrea Messina providing a recap of the major bills and meetings last week.  This will be a busy week with several bills of interest under consideration throughout the week, consideration of the House…

Lawmakers look to start new school vouchers, tighten control on private schools

Florida lawmakers moved last week to expand the state’s school voucher programs — pushing to create a new one for bullied students — even as they also worked to impose more rules on participating private schools.The state’s three current voucher, or scholarship, programs pay private school tuition for 140,000 students statewide, serving youngsters from low-income…