{"id":2068,"date":"2014-03-26T18:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:04:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:04:51","slug":"back-from-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"Back from the dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will the voucher expansion effort come back to life? From the Gradebook blog: Controversial voucher bill gets a second chance in the Florida Legislature<\/a><\/p>\n

Many observers thought the proposed expansion of the school voucher program was off the table after Sen. Bill Galvano<\/strong> withdrew the Senate version of the bill (SB 1620) last week. Without a companion in the upper chamber, the House school voucher bill (HB 7099) stood virtually no chance of becoming law.<\/p>\n

But late Wednesday, Rep. Erik Fresen<\/strong> combined the voucher language with a separate bill creating education savings accounts for special-needs children. That bill (HB 1503, now PCB EDAS 14-03) has a counterpart in the Senate (SB 1512), and is thus still in play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will the voucher expansion effort come back to life? 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