A Florida Voucher Nonprofit Rakes in the Dough

Andy Spears
2 min readApr 11, 2021

People often ask why politicians are so fixated on vouchers as a policy solution. This report from the League of Women Voters out of Florida helps explain:

For the past 20 years, a private organization has been growing exponentially using direct and indirect public funds largely out of public view. This organization is the conduit for an unregulated school system without standards being created by the Florida Legislature.

The organization is called Step Up for Students (StepUpForStudents.org), an SFO (Scholarship Funding

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .