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An audit of Florida's Family Empowerment Scholarship found millions in overspending and a lack of oversight.

Lawmakers from both parties criticized the mismanagement of taxpayer funds following the program's rapid expansion.

Recommendations include creating a unified deadline calendar and potentially separating scholarship funds from school district money.

Amid growing concerns about the state’s expanding voucher system, a new review reveals deepening financial gaps and oversight failures within Florida’s flagship school-choice program.

on the Florida Department of Education's Family Empowerment Scholarship for the 2024-25 school year found a "myriad of accountability challenges," with millions of dollars in overspending (and no way to effectively recoup those fund

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