This year, Florida lawmakers wanted to give students more freedom to attend schools across district lines, arguing students' educational options shouldn't be limited by geographic boundaries.
In some places, this is happening already. Take, for example, The Villages, the sprawling age-restricted development spanning Marion, Lake and Sumter Counties, which runs a charter school for its employees. The K-12 school enrolls nearly 3,000 students, making it one of the largest charter schools in the state.
It is one of just two schools in the state known as "charter schools in the workplace," where students' eligibility is based on where parents work, instead of where they live.
The Leesburg Daily Commercial recently reported the school is over capacity, and changed its rules governing which parents qualify.
