TALLAHASSEE — A coalition of teacher unions and civil rights groups representing millions of public school children gets a second crack at persuading the courts they have the right to sue the state over a school voucher program that pays for children to go to religious private schools.
But before they walk through the courthouse door May 10 to argue the merits of their case, supporters of the program have launched a massive publicity campaign — with television ads, rallies at the state Capital and social media accounts — to get them to drop the suit.
“The specter of this being declared unconstitutional has been there, but they are pushing this really hard to expand this,” said Joanne McCall, president of the Florida Education Association and the lead plaintiff in the suit. “That is why they are spending all this money on rallies and advertising and chants for me to drop the suit.”
