A trio of bills overhauling state voucher programs and a measure cracking down on baggy pants at public schools were signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday.
The four bills were among 48 measures Scott approved Thursday, according to an announcement by his office late in the day.Two of the bills could increase, perhaps by thousands of students, the number of recipients of taxpayer funds to be put toward private education.One of the measures (HB 1329) could add 50,000 to the rolls by increasing the number of conditions that would qualify a student for the John McKay scholarship. The scholarship program targets students with disabilities.
Another (HB 1331) would make it easier for students in poorly performing schools to take advantage of the Opportunity Scholarship program. Currently, students are eligible if their public school has received an "F" in a four-year period; the new law changes the definition of failing school to instead include any school that received a "D" or "F" in the prior year.
In addition, the bill, which already allows students to use the scholarships at private schools, now permits students in failing public schools to transfer to a higher-rated public school anywhere in the state, instead of limiting that choice to adjacent districts.
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