Florida Republicans Widening School Choice Funding To Include Most Families

If passed, Florida's school-choice bill will extend the right to education savings accounts to most families. The money could be used for private school tuition—or on transportation expenses to get a child to a different school. Here, a school bus rolls down the street in Gainesville, Fla., after school on Jan. 23, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times

Florida Republicans have designated as their top priority this legislative session a bill that would expand school choice across the state, making it available to nearly all families.

Under House Bill 1—the designation shows the importance state House Speaker Paul Renner attaches to the bill—Florida parents could request a scholarship if they are state residents and have a child eligible to enroll in kindergarten through grade 12.