Gov. Rick Scott signed yesterday a bill into law that expands the Opportunity Scholarship program, which allows students to transfer to better-performing public schools.
Under the old rules, parents could transfer their child out of schools graded F two of the previous four years.
The new law allows students to transfer out of schools that had a D or an F in the prior year and that met other state definitions for struggling schools.
Read more on other education bills signed by Scott.