Renner cited the spending flexibility, saying that the measure stands to improve “educational outcomes” for students: House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, made the bill a major priority for the 60-day legislative session. And the other systems that we actually are encouraging by these education savings accounts,” Massullo said during debate on the House floor. Competition makes private schools better. The measure would create what are known as “education savings accounts.” The accounts would allow recipients to spend voucher funds on a range of purchases beyond private-school tuition, including instructional materials, tutoring costs and fees for various exams.

Ralph Massullo, R-Lecanto, pointed to the potential growth of alternative options as a way to make all systems of education better. Republican supporters have pushed back on such arguments, saying that wealthy voucher recipients would have received the same roughly $8,000 in per-student funding from the state to enroll their children in public schools. The Florida Education Association teachers union also derided the measure as providing an “$8,000 taxpayer funded coupon for millionaires and billionaires,” saying in a tweet that the measure is a “terrible idea.” “This bill is an $8,000 gift card to the millionaires and billionaires who are being gifted with a state-sponsored coupon for something they can already afford,” Woodson said.

Marie Woodson, D-Hollywood, echoed many other opponents Friday when she criticized the possibility that wealthy families would receive vouchers.

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