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The Pennsylvania school code, section 1327, policy for school choice is, “...to preserve the primary right and obligation of the parent or parents, or person or persons in loco parentis to a child, to choose the education and training for such child.”
School choice in the U.S. state of Florida is a suite of state programs that allow families to use public resources to receive education outside of their neighborhood public school. Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) program is the largest of its kind in the U.S., with more students than all but the state's largest school districts.
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- ↑ Opportunity Scholarship Program Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Florida Department of Education
- ↑ "Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine". www.leg.state.fl.us.
- ↑ "Scholarships | UF Office for Student Financial Affairs".
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