Florida’s Governor today signed HB 1 into law. Representative Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) offered the following statement:
“Schools should be a safe environment where all of our kids get a high-quality education. While our teachers need a raise and our students need supplies, this bill will take away those much-needed resources. HB 1 is not about choice, it’s about defunding our neighborhood public schools, taking that choice away from Florida’s families. Governor DeSantis is not working for families, he’s in the business of funding his wealthy donors in the form of tax handouts to millionaires and billionaires to attend elite corporate schools.
When these corporate schools fail our kids, it will be the public schools that will accept all students, no matter who they are, what they look like, how they worship or how much money their families make, with open arms. As a legislative body, it’s our duty to fund these schools so they can provide the high-quality education that all of Florida’s kids deserve.”
