TAMPA, Fla. — With local school districts pushing back on Schools of Hope , State Sen. Darryl Rouson introduced legislation to reverse the part of the law that allows charter schools to move into under-utilized public schools.

What You Need To Know • State Sen. Darryl Rouson says that when the Schools of Hope law was passed, it was part of a larger package. He thinks it wasn’t fairly debated • Rouson says it puts students' safety at risk and burdens school districts, which are already under-funded • But supporters, like Patricia Levesque with Foundation for Florida’s Future , say Schools of Hope offer families choices

Rouson says that when the Schools of Hope law was passed, it was part of a larger package. He thinks it wasn’t fairly debated, just kind of thrown in.

He says that w

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