Comments on: DeSantis Signs Bill Expanding Florida School Choice Program

By: Jacqueline E McCalister

Jacqueline E McCalister — Mon, 15 May 2023 15:25:07 +0000

“Give me a break”. Please explain to me your logic. That family of 3 would cost FL approx. $9645 per year if they went to public school. They have no right, despite paying taxes, to redirect that money to a school of their choosing. Why? Indoctrination has been going on for years in the public schools, so don’t give me your lie about indoctrination.

By: Suzi

Suzi — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:55:02 +0000

Great, now the taxpayers will be forced to subsidize a child being indoctrinated with a private school religion, with no oversight. Completely against the U.S. Constitution as DeSantis always does. Another failure, on his, and the state legislature’s part.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:24:58 +0000

@BobbyC – Do you know what a teacher in this district makes????

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:20:19 +0000

I can see this deal being as corrupted as the COVID Paycheck Protection Plan.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:55:28 +0000

The goal is to privatize 70-80% of Public Schools into uber religious for profit christian schools and leave the rest understaffed and underfunded, while costing Floridians 2 to 3 Billion more than we pay now.

Public schools fare no better than health care in DeSantis’s Florida. Not only did Florida rank 49th in the country for average teacher pay in 2020, but the Education Law Center, a non-profit advocacy group based in New Jersey, found in a 2021 report that the state had the seventh-lowest per-pupil funding in the country.

Education Week, which ranks states public school annually, looking beyond mere test scores, placed Florida 23rd in its 2021 report, a lackluster showing for a large and wealthy state.

By: Bonnie Exner

Bonnie Exner — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:34:17 +0000

I have a real problem with charter schools that are set up based on profit alone for the following reasons:
Their teachers are not certified by the state
Their curriculum is not unified with state standards
Once the tuition is paid in full what is to prevent them from closing their schools and sending those students back to public schools?

By: Bobby C

Bobby C — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:46:28 +0000

@Give me a break $92,100 annually is barely a survivable income in this Democratic driven economy. I doubt that your taxes have gone up any either. Desantis has done more for education and the state of Florida than any of his predecessors.

By: What a joke

What a joke — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:36:47 +0000

So teachers do not need to be literate. Why is lowering standards a part of “freedom??”

At this point, principals are giving effective ratings to anyone who doesn’t quit.

By: SMH…

SMH… — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:10:38 +0000

I’m so glad that most Americans are not falling for all the unnecessary things being done by DeSantis. They see him for just what he is. He does nothing about the real issues that Floridians are facing. I am certain that America will never elect him as President of these United States. He only gets praise from the people who voted for him, no one else is buying what he’s selling. With all the laws and bills that he is enacting, it will take years for Florida to recover from his Governorship, if it ever does.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:28:02 +0000

“Education Freedom” is pretty ironic considering he’s really driving education in this state off the rails. No wonder there’s a teacher shortage. His answer? Lower the qualifications. Yeah, he’s a real Einstein.