Florida Governor Rick Scott’s signing of the omnibus education bill is a win for Florida students, parents, and teachers. Florida continues to lead the nation in school choice efforts and to serve as a model for other states that strive to give parents and students the choice of different educational styles and curricula that meet each child’s unique needs.

The tax burden on Florida residents will decrease by about $180 million—through new tax cuts, exemptions, and carve-outs—in the next fiscal year.

For many Floridians, the scenes of Syrian refugees trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean will bring back memories of the steady wave of Cuban and Haitian refugees wading ashore along the area's beaches and in the Florida Keys.