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A silver lining in the Florida voucher wars

”Students using vouchers will now be welcomed back into Florida public schools," said Ron Meyer, lead lawyer for the unions/school districts when the Florida voucher program was struck down in January.     

Well, not quite:

The Florida Senate passed a compromise plan to preserve Gov. Jeb Bush’s statewide school voucher program Thursday.

The legislation passed by the Senate today would create a separate trust fund to preserve the Opportunity Scholarship program in order to comply with the state Supreme Court’s January ruling that its tuition vouchers unconstitutionally diverted tax dollars from the public school system.

Opportunity Scholarships go to 733 students statewide, providing tuition money to get out of their failing public schools.

The House must still pass the remedy proposed by the Senate.

Amidst the fireworks in Florida over the amendment, this is welcome news indeed.