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The Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program was a
school voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. In some cou ...
program in the U.S. state of
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. It provided students from failing public schools in Florida with
school voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. In some cou ...
s enabling them to choose a "higher performing public school or a participating private school." A failing public school was: "a school that has received two "F" grades within a four-year period." The program was declared unconstitutional in a January 5, 2006 ruling and students assigned to a failing school are no longer allowed to transfer and enroll in a participating private school while "the option to attend a higher performing public school remains in effect." There is also a university scholarship program in Florida known as the Florida Opportunity Scholars Program (FOS) program


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School voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. In some cou ...
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School choice in Florida School choice in the U.S. state of Florida is a suite of state programs that allow families to use public resources to receive education outside of their neighborhood state school, public school. Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program is t ...


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