Now, why didn't they see this coming.

[Baitball Blogger]

FL Cabinet members question receipt of taxpayer dollars by Islamic schools
The state’s expanded ‘school choice’ voucher system allows funding for these schools.

All three members of the Florida Cabinet are questioning the legality of the state voucher system that has steered taxpayer-funded scholarships to private Islamic schools that they contend undermine “Western” values.

Attorney General James Uthmeier, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, all Republicans and allies of the governor, are wondering whether Florida’s universal school voucher system allowing Floridians to attend certain private schools at discounted rates can be properly extended to the Hifz Academy and Bayaan Academy, Islamic schools in Tampa now accepting these scholarships.

The Cabinet, although powerful, lacks authority to set policy or stymie funding from the state to specific schools. That power resides with the Department of Education, which did not respond to a request for comment.

“Sharia law seeks to destroy and supplant the pillars of our republican form of government and is incompatible with the Western tradition,” said Uthmeier, who serves as Florida’s chief legal officer, on social media Monday. “The use of taxpayer-funded school vouchers to promote Sharia law likely contravenes Florida law and undermines our national security.”

However, his office declined to say whether he’d pursue an investigation.

In a statement to the Phoenix, Ingoglia said his office is looking into these schools through a potential audit.

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/27/fl-cabinet-members-question-receipt-of-taxpayer-dollars-by-islamic-schools/