Tag: Bill Montford

family empowerment scholarship

Senate bill to end FTC wait list moves forward

TALLAHASSEE — In a 5-3 party-line vote, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would eliminate the waiting list for the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship for lower-income families. The bill, SB7070, creates the Family Empowerment Scholarship program, which would  allow about 15,000 low-income students[Read More…]