Billionaire Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says he is giving $50 million to help Success Academy Charter School expand in Miami as Florida leaders push to expand school choice.

“We are the leading state for school choice in the entire United States of America,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference held at Florida International University as he spoke alongside Griffin and Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz .

“We have 1.4 million students that are utilizing some type of school choice option in order to realize their dreams.”

Success Academy operates 59 charter schools for more than 20,000 students in New York City. Expanding to Florida, Moskowitz said her school will help “the poorest and most vulnerable in Florida.”

The Miami Herald reported that she plans to open

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