On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to Jacksonville’s Trinity Christian Academy to discuss education policy and school choice.
During the visit, he argued that Florida’s school choice model should be a national template in the new Congress and presidential administration of Donald Trump.
“The Congress has an opportunity to make a difference,” DeSantis said.
“We hope that they will consider looking at Florida’s model for education choice and applying that nationally, which can be done. And you don’t need the Department of Education for this. You can do it through a tax credit program, through the tax code and through the Treasury Department and can even pass it with budget reconciliation in the U.S. Senate.”
The Governor said a national approach would sidestep powerful unions in some places—unions that Florida “beat” but that reign supreme in more Democratic jurisdictions.
