Florida Considers Fixes to Its Voucher Program Despite Legislative Inaction

Voucher Program Fixes Eyed Despite Legislative Inaction

By Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida Months after the state’s auditor general found a “myriad of accountability challenges” with Florida’s K-12 school voucher system, the Legislature failed to pass a bill providing better oversight of the $4 billion program. Now the Florida Department of Education and the scholarship funding organizations that administer the program, such as Step Up for Students, are attempting to fix the mismanagemen…

Florida considers fixes to its voucher program despite legislative inaction

Ana Goñi-Lessan ©2026 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE – Months after the state’s auditor general found a “myriad of accountability challenges” with Florida’s K-12 school voucher system, the Legislature failed to pass a bill providing better oversight of the $4 billion program. Now the Florida Department of Education and the scholarship funding organizations that administer the program, such as Step Up for Students, are attempting to fix …