Voucher program lacks accountability
Summary
Commissioners pressed OCPS on the state's universal voucher program — a $5 billion annual cost statewide with no academic accountability. Kids who leave and later return often come back a grade level or two behind, and the district has no data on homeschool outcomes.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 28, 2026.
Impact analysis
Statewide vouchers cost $5 billion; the enrollment loss cost OCPS roughly $23–30 million a year.
Families using vouchers and private schools taking them.
Public school budgets and returning students who arrive academically behind with no accountability trail.
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