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Florida Catholic Conference and
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops

Our offices are in downtown Tallahassee, just two blocks from the Capitol complex.

201 West Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301-7715
phone: (850) 205-6820
fax: (850) 205-6849
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Archdiocese of Miami Diocese of St. Augustine Diocese of St. Petersburg Diocese of Orlando Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese of Palm Beach Diocese of Venice
  • The Conference supports the rights of parents to select the schools they deem best suited for their children and advocates policies for all children, especially the poor and disabled, to receive federal and state services necessary to achieve academically and assimilate socially.
  • 2013 Priority areas:
  • Protecting the rights of parents to select schools best suited for their children
  • Expanding the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program for low-income families by removing the prior public school attendance requirement
  • Increasing availability of McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
  • Strengthening the state-supported Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Education Program
  • Empowering parents to qualify for at least part of the per-pupil funding generated by their children to attend the school of their choice (whether public or nonpublic)
  • Upholding reasonable accountability by recognition of established state, regional and national accrediting agencies

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