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The A+OSP and McKay Scholarships Program are governed by Sections 1002.38 and 1002.39 of the Florida Statutes. Florida Department of Education, Choice Office The Choice Office provides Florida parents with information about charter schools, nonpublic schools, home schooling, the McKay Scholarships Program, the Opportunity Scholarship Program, and the new corporate tax credit scholarship program. The Choice Office also assists Florida districts in creating their own choice plans for more open access to public school choice. Contact: Theresa Klebacha, Executive Director E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (850) 245-0502 Fax: (850) 245-0868 Address: 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahasse FL 32399-0400 Office of Governor Jeb Bush Contact: Brewser Brown, Lt. Governor’s Chief of Staff E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (850) 488-4711 Fax: (850) 921-6114 Address: PL-05, The Capitol, Tallahassee FL 32399-0001 State-Selected Program Evaluator Contact: Richard Feiock, Principal Investigator E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (850) 644-7615 Fax: (850) 644-7617 Address: Askew School of Public Administration & Policy, Florida State University 614 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee FL 32306 Or Contact: Jay P. Greene, Author of Report E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (954) 349-2322 Fax: (954) 384-8790 Address: The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York NY 10017 Floridians for School Choice A statewide, nonpartisan organization advancing public awareness of the benefits of school choice for children, families, schools, and the taxpayers. Contact: Patrick Heffernan, Director E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (305) 702-5576 Fax: (305) 379-5580 Address: 1000 Brickell Avenue #900, Miami FL 33131 Urban League of Greater Miami A non-profit organization serving the Miami area through a variety of community programs aimed at Black female heads of households and their children. Contact: T. Willard Fair Phone: (305) 696-4450 Fax: (305) 696-4455 Address: 8500 N.W. 25th Avenue, Miami FL 33147 Black Alliance or Educational Options (BAEO) A national organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase educational options for Black children. Contact: Lawrence Patrick III, President and CEO E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (202) 544-9870 Fax: (202) 544-7680 Address: 1710 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036 Contact: Rufus Ellis, Member, Board of Directors E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (850) 414-0780 Fax: (850) 414-0783 Address: Florida Department of Education 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee FL 32399 Organizations that oppose the Florida Scholarship Programs: Financial support for organized opposition of the A+OSP and the McKay Scholarships Program comes mainly from the country’s two largest teachers’ unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the People for the American Way. |
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