Fifth Third Bank is pulling millions of dollars in funding it had pledged to a Florida private school voucher program following a report that dozens of participating schools discriminated against members of the LGBTQ community.
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The bank said in a tweet posted Tuesday that it has told program officials it will"not be contributing again until more inclusive policies have been adopted by all participating schools to protect the sexual orientation of all our students." Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship lets companies make tax-deductible contributions that funds vouchers to private schools for low-income students.
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