Millions flow to wealthy families, pricey private schools under Florida’s supercharged voucher program
A 2023 reform has boosted voucher use by 67%, with one-quarter of state scholarships now going to families in the top income ...
Florida lawmakers will try again on immigration. Tuition remains a target.
“By working together with the Governor towards a shared goal, these proposals and appropriations ensure Florida continues to ...
Florida’s Dreamers in crosshairs as lawmakers look to raise their tuition
Jose Carrera is three semesters away from getting his degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida, but ...
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PolitiFact FL: How much do immigrant tuition waivers cost the state of Florida?
A Florida Senate analysis estimated that for the 2023-24 fiscal year, the value of the waived out-of-state fees totaled about ...
Here’s the impact of Florida’s voucher overhaul at five local schools
With taxpayer-funded scholarships now open to all, these private institutions have come to rely heavily on state subsidies.
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Immigration bills draw backlash over death penalty, repeal of in-state tuition
The Florida Legislature was poised Wednesday to pass what Gov. Ron DeSantis is hailing as the strongest legislation to combat ...
How Florida’s 2023 voucher overhaul affected your private school
In the wake of Florida’s 2023 education reforms, private schools across the state have seen a huge surge in the number of ...
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Republican Senator says immigrant students won’t be blocked from public schools in Florida
While the Tennessee Legislature is considering a bill allowing school districts to refuse enrollment to students without ...
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Cutting in-state tuition for Dreamers could hurt Florida colleges, says think tank
The report finds rolling back in-state tuition waivers for Dreamers could cost Florida’s higher ed institutions about $15 ...
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Open enrollment begins for Florida Prepaid College Tuition program
Overall prices are fairly steady, as tuition for state universities has not gone up in over a decade. Florida Prepaid ...
Report ranks Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland second in South for best value
Research.com, an online higher education resource, lists Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland as a top-10 best value college in ...
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Florida’s dreamers in crosshairs as lawmakers look to raise their tuition
In Florida, the controversy revolves around the tuition waiver for students who attended state high schools, once widely supported but now a likely victim of sweeping immigration legislation being ...