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Ron DeSantis: “More than 530 students [can get a scholarship and then go].”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida's Leadership in Education to Start New School Year

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

We do have universal choice. What that has done is, you know, there's a lot of focus on someone can get a scholarship and then go. And that's More than 530 students [can get a scholarship and then go]. But we also have 408,000 students in charter schools, which are public schools but are separate from the school districts. 150,000 homeschool. But the bulk of our school choice is actually within our school districts. (03:06–03:09)

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Asserts that more than 530 students can receive scholarships for school choice.

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