Making Jewish and accessible for EVERY Jewish child
$250 Million for Florida’s Jewish Day Schools since 2011 $45M $40M $35M $30M $25M $20M $15M $10M $5M $0 $42.8M 5403 STUDENTS $30.9M 4185 STUDENTS $26.3M 3445 STUDENTS $21.3M 2918 STUDENTS $20.8M 2857 STUDENTS $14.6M 2405 STUDENTS $11.7M 2056 STUDENTS $9.1M 1723 STUDENTS $6.6M 1380 STUDENTS $4.9M 1133 STUDENTS $3.2M 788 STUDENTS $60.8M 7199 STUDENTS $50M $55M $60M Scholarship and Security G R OWT H C H A RT
Palm Beach
SCHOOL
Lubavitch Hebrew Academy
Brauser Maimonides Academy
The Jewish Academy
Posnack School & Posnack East
Sha’arei Bina Torah Academy For Girls
Mizrahi Torah Academy
Beth Emet Elementary School
Rohr Bais Chaya Academy
Jewish Cooperative School
South Florida Jewish Academy
Lubavitch Educational Center & Klurman
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes
Yeshiva Elementary & Mesivta
Bais Yaakov
Scheck Hillel Community School
Hebrew Academy Miami
Lanaar Elementary
Lehrman Community Day School
Torah Academy Of Jacksonville
Orlando Torah Academy
Orlando Jewish Day School
Torah Academy of Boca Raton
Katz Hillel Day School Of Boca Raton
Katz Yeshiva High School
Donna Klein Jewish Academy
Cheder Chabad Inc
Hadar High School for Girls
Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Boca Raton
Meyer Academy
Esformes Hebrew Academy
Other Schools
2022-2023
Scholarships
376 315 269 239 87 68 67 60 66 103 1302 824 408 302 231 231 56 42 36 107 56 480 288 268 163 147 37 58 48 49 416
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TEACH FLORIDA: ADVOCATING FOR QUALITY, SAFE, AFFORDABLE JEWISH EDUCATION.
| Teach Florida is a member of Teach Coalition, a project of the
Union. 7,199 children receiving scholarships $60.8 million in scholarship and security funding 2022-2023 Scholarship and Security Funding for Jewish Day Schools
Broward
Duval Orange
954.342.1159
Orthodox
COUNTY
Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade
Orange Palm Beach Palm Beach
Security Funding TOTAL
Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Volusia Misc
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Many people say tuition is birth
for a scholarship because I had twins and my family grew.
Thank you Teach Florida.
JOEY BEHAR
Parent, Hollywood
If not for Teach Florida’s voting events, I would not have voted.”
~ ILANA BENDEL
Parent, Boca Raton
Were it not for Teach Florida’s work, I would not have had the ability to give my children a Jewish education.
~ AUDREY MAMAN BENSSOUSAN
Parent, Miami
Teach Florida helped us get the proper funding level for our son’s scholarship so that he could attend a Jewish day school.
~ CHAYA ESTRIN Parent, Miami
Supporting Teach Florida is an invaluable investment in the future of Jewish education.
~
Time and time again
Teach Florida has been there for us. I honestly don’t know if our school would exist without them.
NIETZAH BENBENISTI
Founder, Yotzer Ohr
More than 80% of our students came from public schools. Without Teach Florida’s work, we would not exist.
~ RABBI CHAIM ALBERT Head of School, The Jewish Academy
Teach Florida’s IMPACT
SCHOOL
Lubavitch Hebrew Academy
Brauser Maimonides Academy
The Jewish Academy
Posnack School & Posnack East
Sha’arei Bina Torah Academy For Girls
Mizrahi Torah Academy
Beth Emet Elementary School
Rohr Bais Chaya Academy
Jewish Cooperative School
South Florida Jewish Academy
Lubavitch Educational Center & Klurman
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes
Yeshiva Elementary & Mesivta Bais Yaakov
Scheck Hillel Community School
Hebrew Academy Miami
Lanaar Elementary
Lehrman Community Day School
Torah Academy Of Jacksonville
Orlando Torah Academy
Orlando Jewish Day School
Torah Academy of Boca Raton
Katz Hillel Day School Of Boca Raton
Katz Yeshiva High School
Donna Klein Jewish Academy
Cheder Chabad Inc
Hadar High School for Girls
Yeshiva Tiferes Torah of Boca Raton
Meyer Academy
Esformes Hebrew Academy
Other Schools
2022 2023 Scholarships 376 315 269 239 87 68 67 60 66 103 1302 824 408 302 231 231 56 42 36 107 56 480 288 268 163 147 37 58 48 49 416
2022 2023 Funding $2,911,536 $2,545,826 $2,039,176 $1,835,388 $642,121 $535,231 $523,288 $445,656 $520 725 $890,091 $10,080,076 $6,4 85,756 $3,234,197 $2,258,441 $1,809,134 $1,782,386 $447,109 $334,141 $273,270 $838,270 $424,803
$4,006,000
$2,382,533
$2,121 472
$1,37 1,512 $1,192,826 $294,591 $470,044 $410,038 $362,661 $3,360,096 $4,000,000 $60,828,394
$45M $40M $35M $30M $25M $20M $15M $10M $5M $0 $42.8M 5403 STUDENTS $30.9M 4185 STUDENTS $26.3M 3445 STUDENTS $21.3M 2918 STUDENTS $20.8M 2857 STUDENTS $14.6M 2405 STUDENTS $11.7M 2056 STUDENTS $9.1M 1723 STUDENTS $6.6M 1380 STUDENTS $4.9M 1133 STUDENTS $3.2M 788 STUDENTS $60.8M 7199 STUDENTS $50M $55M $60M Scholarship and Security G ROWT H CH A RT 2022-2023 Scholarship and Security Funding for Jewish Day Schools COUNTY Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Broward Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Dade Duval Orange Orange Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Palm Beach Volusia Misc Security Funding TOTAL
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Teach Florida is on a mission is to make Jewish
For too long, our families have struggled to afford a Jewish education for their children. By advocating for income and disability based state scholarships, we are alleviating this struggle.
JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS with more than 10,000 CHILDREN
Representing 35 Jewish day schools with more than 10,000 children, we have successfully advocated for the largest state scholarship program in U.S. history. Once thought impossible, education for every Jewish child.
we’ve laid the blueprint for unlocking access to affordable Jewish
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Teach Florida and its coalition partners have dramatically increased government funding for Florida Jewish day schools and their families from $11.7M in 2015 to $60.8M in 2022 . $30.9M 4185 STUDENTS $14.6M 2405 STUDENTS $3.2M 788 STUDENTS $60.8M 7199 STUDENTS $45M $40M $35M $30M $25M $20M $15M $10M $5M $0 $50M $55M $60M Scholarship and Security G ROW TH CH A RT Our advocacy resulted in: • Increasing the income eligibility limit • Making eligibility permanent, regardless of future changes in family income. • Increasing the scholarship amount to be on par with public school spending • Expanding scholarship access for students with disabilities 51% OF CHILDREN ON SCHOLARSHIPS $7,867 AVG SCHOLARSHIP VALUE $60.8M GOVERNMENT FUNDING Finally, we created a Jewish day school security program that provides $4 million per year to Jewish day schools for security improvements and personnel. Our Im pac t
Eliminating Scholarship Caps
There are 7,600 children on the scholarship waitlist. Just like there is no waitlist for public schools, we believe that there should be no waitlist for scholarships.
Services for All
Most of our students with disabilities are denied access to federally funded evaluations and services that their school district is required to provide. Through strong advocacy, we will hold school districts accountable to force them to deliver the services our students need and deserve.
Accessing Capital Funding
While state funding for our students’ education is now on par with public school students, they are still denied access to billions of capital expense funding for public schools. By targeting this new category of expenses, nonpublic school funding. we can significantly increase
INCREASES in funding from $3M to $60M to $100M in the future
Our objective is to reach $100 million in government initiatives to accomplish this ambitious goal:
O u
r Vi s io n
Scaling up our proven get out-the vote model will benefit school choice.
Continue shifting public opinion in favor of school choice.
Support in person advocacy on behalf of our children with our annual mission.
Our scholarship team supports schools and families to access state funding
Our award winning consultants provide critical on the ground support in Tallahassee
Help schools access available state and federal security funding
Increase civic education for thousands of students through fun, educational mock elections.
Help us discover and share new government through high-quality research.
Each school needs a dedicated representative to increase scholarship, advocacy and voting awareness
Introduce communities across Florida to our work, state scholarships and engagement opportunities
Help children with disabilities double or triple their state scholarships and access support services
S p on s o rshi p O p po rtu n iti e s
Out The Vote
the Waitlist Campaign
to
Resource Center
Government Relations
Security Center
School Elections
Policy Impact Center
Member School Representatives
(35) Teach Florida 101 Meetings
(25) Sponsor a Disability Advocate
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Get
$500,000 Eliminate
$250,000 Mission
Tallahassee $150,000 Scholarship
$100,000
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$75,000 Mock
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