When talking about turning public schools into for profit charter schools Rep. Carlos Trujillo said:

"Florida Education Association President Andy Ford immediately criticized the vote as a gift to charter school companies.

"It's all about creating an easy pathway so that for-profit charter operators can coerce parents to hand over our neighborhood public schools," Ford said in a statement. "This doesn't empower parents, it doesn't provide better education for students, but it will line the pockets of the charter operators.