TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A school voucher bill in the Florida Legislature is proving as resilient and tough to beat as Rocky Balboa was in all those old boxing movies.

According to the Miami Herald, the controversial school voucher bill that appeared knocked out just last week has been given new life by Republican state Rep. Erik Fresen.

Fresen recently added much of the voucher bill language to another bill in the House of Representatives that would create education savings accounts for children with special needs. He said that was a natural move, as both issues fall under the “scope of school choice.”

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Fresen’s bill would expand the state’s current voucher program – also known as a tax credit scholarship program – that “provides private-school scholarships to about 60,000 low-income children,” the Miami Herald reports.

“The scholarships are funded by private businesses, which receive a dollar-for-dollar credit on their corporate income taxes. The cap on tax credits is currently set at $286 million but is set to grow to $874 million over the next five years,” the Herald adds.

“Supporters are hoping to expand the cap at a faster pace to provide scholarships for an additional 50,000 children over the next five years.”

The original voucher bill had strong support in the House earlier this session, but died in the Senate over concerns the legislation didn’t require voucher recipients to take state standardized tests. Senate President Don Gaetz, a Republican, said the testing component is important because it makes the program accountable to taxpayers.

While Gaetz’s concern has some merit, it overlooks one important point: Parents of voucher students are the ultimate form of accountability. If parents don’t think a “voucher school” is doing an adequate job of educating students, they will transfer their kids to another school. It’s really quite simple.

The accountability of the marketplace is far more effective for ensuring quality than any bureaucratic hoops lawmakers might design.

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That seems to be Fresen’s position, because he refused to add the testing requirement to his newly combined bill.

Because the “education savings account for special needs students” bill has a Senate companion, SB 1512, there is a chance – perhaps only a slim one – that state Senators will vote on the voucher plan one more time before the legislative session ends on May 2, TheBradentonTimes.com reports.

That gives voucher supporters a few more weeks to hope for a Hollywood-type happy ending.