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Florida PTA
everychild:onevoice
Legislative Alert
SB 2126 -
Relating to Florida Tax Credit
Scholarship Program
SB 2126 the tax
credits/voucher bill is scheduled for a
vote in the Senate Finance and Tax
Committee at 9 AM, Tuesday, March 16.
Please
email or call the committee members
below to vote
NO
on this bill.
PTA opposes all education
voucher and tax credit proposals for
public and non-public preschool,
elementary and secondary school
students.
Talking
Points
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Vouchers
divert money from public schools, which
are accountable to the public, to
private schools, where there is no
public oversight of how the dollars are
spent, while doing nothing to improve
public education
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There is
no strong evidence that voucher programs
improve student achievement.
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Vouchers, which divert public dollars to
private schools, do nothing to raise
academic standards for all children,
provide safe learning environments,
improve teacher quality or increase
parent involvement in public schools
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Proposals to expand the Florida
Corporate Scholarship Program ultimately
take revenue away from school districts.
These programs have no accountability
components and should not be expanded
until: more funding is available for all
public education programs and
accountability measures are required for
private programs receiving state funds.
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State
economists estimate that the expansion
would cost $31 million in 2010 and would
grow to $65 million in 2011 and $107.8
million in 2012.
Thank You
Excerpt from Take Action email alert from
Florida PTA , March
14, 2010
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