Education union claims school choice system is unconstitutional, files suit

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 759

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The state’s widely expanded and used school choice voucher system is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide for free, uniform education, the Florida Education Association argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Parents and the FEA argued in a 39-page filing in state trial court in Leon County that state dollars funding private school vouchers don’t conform to the Florida’s Constitution’s charge requiring “uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools.”

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