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Escambia board presses state-level fix for voucher tracking; superintendent cites $50M in scholarships counted in FEFP
Summary
Board members urged legislative clarification of how scholarship (FES) students are tracked in statewide funding counts and questioned whether student ID numbers suffice; the superintendent and staff said Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa are coordinating requests to legislators and cited state counts and dollar estimates.
Board members raised concerns about the district’s role in tracking students tied to state scholarship programs and whether the state’s proposed student ID numbers can reliably prevent duplication. One board member said the only reliable identifier would be Social Security numbers and urged the state to remove scholarship students from the district’s FEFP count.
"Student ID numbers will never…
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