Governor Bill Lee has made no secret of his support for a school voucher program, and as the 2025 legislative session approaches Lee and other Republican lawmakers are shoring up support while finalizing plans for the introduction of a new education reform bill.
Last year, Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act was killed after much debate, negotiation, and criticism, but a new universal school voucher bill will be introduced this session. It will be the first bill filed after the November 5th election, indicating Governor Lee’s plans to set this proposal as his number one priority for the second consecutive year.
School choice remains a relatively impactful policy for voters, with a Beacon Poll conducted from September 27th to October 8th of this year reporting that 58% of voters were more likely to elect a candidate who, “supports school choice policies, which allow parents to choose their child’s school (public, private, charter, or home school) using public funding.”
