For years, Florida legislators have voted to defund public schools, ban books, strip teacher rights, and push taxpayer dollars into private and religious institutions — and most voters never saw a single vote. They just saw the results: empty library shelves, exhausted teachers, kids falling behind.

That ends now.

Today, Moms for Libros is launching the Florida Public Education Scorecard — a fully public, fully sourced record of how every member of the Florida House and Senate voted on public education from 2022 to 2026. Every legislator. Every vote. No spin.

View the Scorecard → https://www.momsforlibros.org/scorecard

What's in it

We tracked 15 key education bills across five legislative sessions — from the "Don't Say Gay" bill in 2022 to this year's education omnibus — and scored every vote. Bills that restricted classroom instruction, expanded private school vouchers, banned DEI programs, weakened teacher unions, and handed public school property to charter operators. Each legislator received a grade from A to F based on the percentage of votes they cast in favor of public education.

The results are not subtle.

The scorecard covers 116 House members and 39 senators — and you can search by name, county, party, or grade. Each legislator has their own page with a full vote-by-vote breakdown, bill descriptions, and direct links to the official vote records at flsenate.gov. This isn't an opinion piece. It's a public record, made accessible.

Why Miami-Dade parents need to pay attention

Miami-Dade is ground zero for Florida's education culture wars. Our school board was one of the first in the state to explore school chaplains, pushed a Hillsdale College-inspired classical education curriculum, and has rejected LGBTQ History Month recognition three years in a row. Our state legislators have been at the center of nearly every major anti-public-education bill since 2022.

Miami-Dade families deserve to know exactly who cast those votes — and whether the people running for office in 2026 plan to do the same.

We need to hear from challengers

Incumbents have a record. We've tracked it. But in every competitive district across Florida, there are challengers asking for your vote — and right now, many of them haven't said a word about public education.

That's why we're also launching a Candidate Questionnaire for every challenger running against a Florida incumbent in 2026. Seventeen questions covering school funding, book access, teacher rights, DEI, vouchers, and more. Yes or no. On the record. Published publicly alongside the incumbent's voting history so voters can make a real comparison.

If you know a candidate running in your district, send them the link. If you are a candidate, we want to hear from you.

Complete the Questionnaire → floridascorecard.netlify.app/candidates

The deadline to respond is July 15, 2026. Non-responses will be noted.

What you can do right now

1. Look up your legislator. Find their grade, read their full vote history, and see where they stood on the bills that shaped your child's education.

2. Share your rep's scorecard. Every legislator has their own shareable page. Post it. Text it. Put it in your group chat.

3. Ask your candidates to respond. The filing deadline just passed. Challengers are now on the ballot. They need to be on record.

4. Stay tuned for the Miami-Dade School Board Scorecard. Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 are up for election in 2026. We're tracking key board votes on book challenges, flag restrictions, school chaplains, and the classical education curriculum push. That's coming soon.

Voters make better decisions when they have better information. That's what this is. Use it.

Data sourced from LegiScan official roll call records and flsenate.gov. All votes verified against official Florida Legislature documentation. Last updated May 2026.