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Calibra jacobs reed says that by not paying taxes, a they are losing money. >> we would have schools parents are looking for if the money was reinvested and we wouldn't have the need for vouchers. by funneling this money away, it hurts the kids. >> reporter: program supporters say there have been eight different independent reports and several court decisions that show the program does not cost public schools money. still, the state teachers' union disagrees. >> you go to many of our schools in the state of florida you see the lack of programming, the lack of band classes, the lack of and clas...

Funding. >> if it was reinvested into schools we would have the school that parents are looking for. by funneling the money away hurts the kids. >> reporter: there have been eight different reports and several court decision that show the program does not cost public schools money, but the imgram disagrees. >> you go to many of the school in the state of florida you see the lack of programming the lack of band classes, art classes, you see teacher not being paid what they need to be paid for doing the work they do. >> reporter: despite the politics, the parents theres no debate. >> if i did no...

Why do we have all of these opportunities for affluent families and don't have the same opportunities for lower-income families. >> but opponents say it's leaving many students behind? >> we're at the point where we don't have enough books for each kid to take home. >> french teacher calibra reed says by not paying taxes, corporations are robbing public schools of funding. >> if the money that went to vouchers was reinvested into the schools we would have the schools that parents are looking for. and we wouldn't have the need for vouchers. by funneling this money away, it hurts the kids. >> pr...

Still frederick ingram with the state teacher's union disagrees. >> you go to many schools in florida, you see the lack of programming, lack of band classes, lack of arrested classes, fewer vocational classes, teachers who are not paid what they need to be paid for doing the work they need to do. >> reporter: despite this, parents at kingdom academy say there is no debate. >> if i didn't have this choice, i would have to move to a place where he didn't have to choose. when it comes to my children, sky's the limit. i will do whatever i need to to make sure their needs are accommodated. >> repor...