Florida House Speaker Paul Renner announced on Thursday that he 'd filed school option legislation that would provide education savings accounts and broaden eligibility to children with unique abilities.

Home Bill 1, which is sponsored by Choice & & Innovation Subcommittee Chairwoman Kaylee Tuck, R-Lake Placid, would broaden the state's ESA program, referred to as the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. It would enable the money to be used for tuition at a house education or private school, personal tutoring or an approved online course.

" Florida has been a leader in the school choice movement, with more trainees participating in option programs than any other state," Renner, R-Palm Coast, stated in a news release. "School option empowers moms and dads, develops competitors, cultivates development, and raises the level of quality in all of our schools.

" HB1 will provide every parent the flexibility to tailor their kids's education with a learning program that fits their distinct requirements."

The scholarship funds might likewise be used to pay for contracted services by a public school district where the student isn't registered and fees for accomplishment tests such as Advanced Placement exams.

The amount of scholarships under HB1 would expand from a preliminary 10,000 trainees in the very first year to increase by 20,000 in every subsequent academic year.

Each year, the moms and dads of ESA recipients would be required to meet what the costs calls an option navigator that would assist go over the scholastic needs and development of the trainee based on instructional records sent by the parent and yearly test outcomes.

The navigator would also verify that the trainee was in great standing with the private school or house school program.

If signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the costs would go into impact on July 1.

" School option helped raise Florida from being one of the worst education states in America to being ranked 3rd in K-12 achievement," Tuck stated in a news release. "Empowering moms and dads and trainees with customizable learning alternatives will not only increase academic results for individual students, however will produce competitors that raises the bar for schools across the state."