{"id":59879,"date":"2024-08-13T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=59879"},"modified":"2024-08-13T16:06:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:06:50","slug":"did-you-know-224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2024\/08\/did-you-know-224\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Paul Waldmiller<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/August-13-Did-You-Know-PHOTO.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59880\" style=\"width:397px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/August-13-Did-You-Know-PHOTO.webp 660w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/August-13-Did-You-Know-PHOTO-300x205.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Did you know that Florida\u2019s private school voucher program has experienced significant growth? Here are some key statistics and developments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 386,000 applications for school vouchers have been submitted statewide, surpassing the number of vouchers awarded last school year. (Source: Step Up for Students)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its second year, Florida\u2019s school voucher program has increased by 75%. (Source: \u201cFlorida\u2019s private school vouchers soar, creating concern over impact to public schools\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 488,580 vouchers given out. The number of vouchers awarded between last school year and this upcoming year soared by 74 percent statewide. (Source: \u201cFlorida\u2019s private school vouchers soar, creating concern over impact to public schools\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were over 1 quarter million applications approved. Step Up for Students, the non-profit organization managing the majority of applications, has approved over 250,000 applications for the universal school voucher program. (Source: \u201cOver 250K applications approved for Florida\u2019s universal private school voucher program\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expansion and eligibility of the program has expanded to make all students eligible for taxpayer-backed vouchers, regardless of income level. Homeschoolers are also eligible to access the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These statistics show evidence of the rapid growth and expansion of Florida\u2019s private school voucher program. There is a real problem with public schools across Florida. Many parents complain of public-school issues such as inadequacy, or shortage of teachers. Bussing issues, discipline issues with unruly students, bomb threats at public schools, shootings at public schools, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paul Waldmiller Did you know that Florida\u2019s private school voucher program has experienced significant growth? Here are some key statistics and developments: Over 386,000 applications for school vouchers have&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":59880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59881,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59879\/revisions\/59881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}