Letter from Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas for Winter Break 2025.

On today's HEF livestream, we covered some key issues we're concerned about with Senate Bill 318 for this upcoming session. (For our full discussion, you can view the video from today's livestream on Facebook , YouTube , or Rumble , or listen to the podcast version on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or Amazon Music !) Below is a rundown (in writing) of those issues we discussed today. There are also some positive  changes in this bill from what we saw last year, which we're listi

An overview of 2026 Florida Senate Bill 318 and its proposed changes to Florida's educational scholarship programs.

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