Florida Education Vendors

Big news for Florida homeschool families!

The Florida House and Senate reached a budget deal this weekend that keeps $4.5 billion for homeschool and private school scholarships fully funded for the 2026-27 school year. A formal vote is expected this Friday.

According to WUSF, the chambers agreed to keep scholarship funding inside the main K-12 funding formula, meaning PEP and FES-UA funds are protected heading into the new school year.

If you're a Step Up family, your scholarship dollars are not going anywhere. 🎉

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Florida lawmakers reach a budget deal with a vote set for Friday The House and Senate reached agreement late Sunday night on several issues, including a plan to transfer control of the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College of Florida, which the House wanted but the Senate resisted until late in budget negotiations.

Spent the last 2 days at FPEA talking with some incredible homeschool vendors – and I keep hearing the same thing: families need an easier way to find them. That’s exactly why Florida Education Vendors exists! So excited for what’s coming. 📚

https://www.floridaemavendors.com

We are so excited to be heading to the FPEA Convention this week in Orlando! 🎉 If you're going to be there, come say hi, we'd love to connect with fellow Florida homeschool families in person.

If you haven't checked out our free vendor directory yet, now's a great time before the convention
https://www.floridaemavendors.com 💙

Florida Education Vendors Find approved vendors for PEP, FES-UA, and Step-Up For Students scholarships in Florida.

⚠️ PEP Scholarship families — you have until May 31 to accept your award offer for the 2026-27 school year.

If you applied and received an offer, you need to log in to your Step Up For Students account at sufs.org and confirm your acceptance before the deadline. Miss it and you lose your spot — there's no grace period.

Spread the word to any PEP families you know. This deadline sneaks up fast.

👉 We also have the latest scholarship news, deadlines, and updates all in one place: floridaemavendors.com/scholarship-news

Florida PEP & FES-UA Scholarship News 2026 | Florida Education Vendors Plain-English updates on lawsuits, deadlines, and budget fights affecting Florida homeschool scholarships in 2026.

A lot is happening with Florida scholarships right now and nobody's explaining it clearly.

The teachers union lawsuit, Step Up payment delays, the New Worlds deadline on June 30, renewal deadlines for PEP and FES-UA...

So we put together a plain-English tracker so you don't have to piece it together yourself:

floridaemavendors.com/scholarship-news

Share with anyone in a Florida homeschool group — the June 30 thing especially, most people don't know about it.

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OK Florida scholarship families — did you see the news? The teachers union just filed a lawsuit trying to shut down PEP and FES-UA. I know some of you are freaking out so here’s what you need to know.

This just got filed 4 days ago. These cases take YEARS. Florida survived almost the exact same lawsuit in 2006 and vouchers are still here.
Your funds this year are fine. Keep spending, keep planning your fall.

I’ll be posting updates here as this develops. And if you need to find vendors for your scholarship funds right now, floridaemavendors.com is free for families always 👇

Florida Education Association files lawsuit against school voucher expansion

👋 Hi Florida! We're Florida Education Vendors — a free directory connecting Step Up / FES-UA scholarship families with approved vendors across the state.

Families: search by category, county, and scholarship type to find vendors who accept your funds.

Vendors: claim your free listing and get found by the families already looking for you.

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We're just getting started — follow along as we grow. 🌴

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