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Public commentators urge overhaul after state audit flags voucher oversight gaps
Summary
Speakers at the Indian River County school-board meeting cited a December 2025 state audit and urged legislative fixes after auditors flagged tracking and oversight problems in Florida's rapidly expanding voucher program and noted large annual public expenditures to private schools.
Two members of the local advocacy group Education Champions used the board's public-comment period to warn that state oversight of the school-voucher program is inadequate and imposes fiscal strain on public districts.
"These aren't minor bookkeeping issues. These are stewardship issues involving our public tax money," Margaret Murray, vice chair of Education Champions, told the board, citing a December 2025 state…
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