{"id":3337,"date":"2018-07-30T12:19:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all4schools.org\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2018-07-30T12:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T16:19:34","slug":"republican-vouchers-for-bullying-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/2018\/07\/30\/republican-vouchers-for-bullying-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican vouchers give $7,200 for claims of &#8220;bullying&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3359 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/all4schools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bullying-1.png\" alt=\"Republican vouchers give $7,200 for claims of &quot;bullying&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all4schools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bullying-1.png 400w, https:\/\/all4schools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bullying-1-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>This year the Republican controlled Florida Legislature passed a bill that gives up to $7,200 vouchers to students who claim to have been bullied. The so-called &#8220;Hope Scholarship&#8221; provides vouchers to students who report bullying and other offenses. These vouchers can be used at private schools or the students can request a transfer to another public school. The vouchers will be funded through voluntary contributions of sales taxes on vehicle purchases managed by the same scholarship funding organization that currently handles Florida&#8217;s other controversial voucher programs.<\/p>\n<p>At the July meeting of the Florida Board of Education, board members voted on the rule governing the new law. According to the Tampa Bay Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In\u00a0crafting what they called the &#8220;Hope Scholarship,&#8221;<strong> lawmakers did not include wording to require the bullying complaints be verified<\/strong> \u2014 something the Senate requested but relented on.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of such criteria prompted many critics, including some school district officials, to question whether families could game the system. They raised such concerns during a rule-making workshop in June.<\/p>\n<p>State Board of Education member Tom Grady focused on that issue during debate on the measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s to prevent someone who&#8217;d just like to have a scholarship \u2026 from simply claiming they&#8217;re a victim?&#8221;<\/strong> asked Grady, who attended the July meeting via phone. &#8220;What is there to prevent that fraud from happening?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good question. State officials explained that the potential for fraud was not addressed in the new rule. They noted that once a school has 10 or more vouchers, an evaluation must occur and speculated that perhaps fraud might be uncovered during this process. However, once a student makes a claim, <strong>the law does not require verification of the bullying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>The drain of funds from public schools to private schools with no oversight or accountability continues.<\/strong> Please sign up to stay informed of issues impacting children and public schools. <a href=\"http:\/\/all4schools.org\/vote\/\">Make sure you are registered to vote and be ready to vote for kids August 28th and November 6th.<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/all4schools.salsalabs.org\/websignupform\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1452 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/all4schools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SIGNUPBUTTON.png\" alt=\"Sign Up\" width=\"250\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year the Republican controlled Florida Legislature passed a bill that gives up to $7,200 vouchers to students who claim to have been bullied. 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