AUDIT RAISES QUESTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY OF SOME FLORIDA STUDENTS IN VOUCHER EDUCATION PROGRAM via Kristen M. Clark of the Miami Herald.

A state law regulating a voucher education program that helps students with disabilities appears to have a flaw that lets taxpayer dollars flow to students who later aren’t actually eligible to receive the aid.

In a routine review of a sampling of state Department of Education contracts, state auditors found that a small percentage of students receiving Personal Learning Scholarships — now called Gardiner Scholarships — were later deemed ineligible to get the scholarship money this school year because they re-enrolled in public school.

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