Friends,

Gov. Rick Scott’s allies in the Florida Legislature are working to deal a big blow to public education. They’re trying to divert our tax dollars to unaccountable voucher schools, enriching their campaign contributors in the process. This latest private voucher scheme is moving fast, having just passed a key House committee.

Join me and sign the petition to the legislature urging them to reject this expansion of unaccountable private vouchers: http://act.progressflorida.org/sign/vouchers/?source=taf

PCB EDAS 14-03 greatly expands Florida’s tax credit scholarship program, which allows corporations to divert potential tax dollars for public education to an organization called Step Up For Students, which then distributes private vouchers to qualifying students. Most of these vouchers end up funding private schools where academic standards and teaching qualifications vary greatly. Private vouchers purposely divert funding away from our already underfunded public schools, creating a parallel education system mostly unaccountable to Florida taxpayers.

We must ensure every public school has the resources it needs to give our children a well-rounded education. The last thing we should be doing is propping up an unaccountable private voucher scheme.

Join me and sign the petition to the legislature here: http://act.progressflorida.org/sign/vouchers/?source=taf

Thanks for your help.