May 15, 2008 10:34AM # Educational Freedom Advances in South-East By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) --- SHARE Having so recently blogged about [the expansion of Florida’s k‑12 scholarship tax credit program](https://www.cato.org/2008/05/12/democrats-for-educational-freedom/), I’m delighted to be able to add that Georgia governor Sonny Perdue yesterday [signed a similar program into law ](http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8326578&nav=8fap)in his own state. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a modest New Orleans voucher program was passed out of the House yesterday [by a nearly 3 to 2 majority ](http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=8326286)(a corresponding bill has already passed out of Senate committee and awaits a floor vote). While none of these programs is yet big enough to create significant market forces, the growth of the Florida program and the bi-partisan support that it and the New Orleans program are enjoying are promising signs. ##### Related Tags [Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).