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The Tampa Bay Times reports:
As Florida lawmakers expanded eligibility for school vouchers this year, they also gave parents more ways to spend the money. Theme park passes, 55-inch TVs, and stand-up paddleboards are among the approved items that recipients can buy to use at home. The purchases can be made by parents who home-school their children or send them to private schools, if any voucher money remains after paying tuition and fees.
The items appear in a list of authorized expenses in a 13-page purchasing guide published this summer by Step Up For Students, the scholarship funding organization that manages the bulk of Florida’s vouchers. “Taxpayer dollars going to PlayStations when they could go to students with significant needs, that’s fleecing the taxpayer,” said Abby Skipper, a longtime Polk County special education advocate and parent.
Read the full article. The full list above is really something.
WHAT??? What about public school students? What about paying g for class trips and band and ventilation. No money for that but the legislature does this??? https://t.co/LgN0EGX0WI
— Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩🎓 (@rweingarten) September 1, 2023
“But is it fair to students in our public schools, whose teachers often pay out of their own pockets for classroom supplies, that taxpayer dollars are being spent on Disney passes and big screen TVs for voucher families?” (said @HollyBullardFL of FPI) https://t.co/tjJrjjMWhp
— Florida Policy Institute (@FloridaPolicy) September 1, 2023
Florida school vouchers can pay for TVs, kayaks and theme parks (wait, what? Let’s go to @Disney and say gay!) Is that OK? https://t.co/82xCoAko4F
— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) September 1, 2023
Governor DeSantis is taking millions away from public schools so that people can buy TVs, kayaks, and theme park tickets.
Does anyone find that surprising?#DemCastFL #Demvoice1 #ProudBlue https://t.co/qnGx2hUkDu
— Will Atkins (@WillAtkins4FL) September 1, 2023