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Bipartisan support for FL school choice plan aimed at special-needs students
A new type of school choice program aimed at serving special-needs students in Florida won bipartisan support during its first legislative committee vote Tuesday. Several Democrats on the House Choice & Innovation Committee joined Republicans in voting 11-2 for “personal learning accounts,” a school choice option that would allow parents with disabled... READ MOREMore school choice, better teacher quality
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