As with most threads there's alot of trash with a few educated comments, so let's get some things straight so we can continue an actually very interesting OT conversation. I will speak to what I know about Florida schools, specifically Broward, as that's where I've lived my whole life.
The three types of Schools in Florida:
Public- Free to attend and very underfunded compared to the rest of the country. Florida ranks 42th(1) in public school funding per pupil, 40th in dropout rate (2), 42nd in teacher pay (3), and 45th in SAT score (INCLUDING US TERRITORIES, WE ONLY BEAT PUERTO RICO BY 14 POINTS ON A 1600 POINT SCALE). Broward County (4), in particular, fared even worse and couldn't even break a thousand with an average score of 983. To put it simply Florida public schools are laugh-so-you-don't-cry bad.
Charter- Still free to attend, but if there was some way to make public schools worse, they found the answer in charter schools. While only 15% of charter schools nationwide are for profit, 45% of the ones in FL are, and they are just as sharky, greedy, and morally bankrupt as you're thinking someone who tries to make money by cutting costs while educating students would be. There are some shining stars, however, when almost half the Charter schools in FL's main priority is ROE instead of ACT, it outshines any good legit charter schools do. Oh and to top it off, remember that stat from above on how FL teachers make less than the rest of the country, yea Charter schools are way worse.
Private- Florida is home to some of the most elite, highest performing, yet EXPENSIVE primary schools on earth. Yes on earth. There ARE some "bargain" buys out there. The much talked about STA is one of them. It's about 13k a year, but has an average ACT score of 28, will get your kid into Free shoes at the worst, and gives your kid a good chance to go somewhere quality like UM on scholarship. The downside to all this is yes, it's expensive. 13k is twice the value of my car, 24% of the median income in Broward, and for you Miami natives about 7.2 tables at LIV. The integral part about private schools is almost all of them are non-profit. I don't know of one in the SE3C (Broward, Dade, WPB) that is titled Private and not non-profit. They put every dollar they receive into giving your kid the best education they can, and most do an objectively significantly better job than the state can.
Conclusion/My thoughts: I believe in capitalism. When its Government Vs. the private sector, Private sector wins every time IF the market is properly run. I also believe every student has the right to free education, and the state needs to do a turnaround job of providing that. I think that this voucher program will give many lower-middle-class families that couldn't afford schools like STA before a chance to give their kids an education previously unattainable for them. It gives those families that choice. In honesty even if Desantis made it his top priority this second, it would probably take an entire generation to see real change in rankings and facilities.
How this will affect football? Not at all. This voucher program is for education. Private schools prioritize grades over ALL when it comes to admissions, the scholly allotment set aside for athletes won't be affected. Those kids will still go for "AcEdEmIcs" and not pay a dime, but hey that's the freedom being a private entity gives you.
Source:
1. 2016 Annual Survey of School System Finances, U.S. Census Bureau
2. US Department of Education 2014-15
3. 2015 Annual Survey of School System Finances, U.S. Census Bureau
4. Florida dept of education website