Gov. Rick Scott on the campaign trail — and again shortly after he was elected — vowed to push for one of the nation’s most expansive school voucher programs.

But Scott — who last fall called for a “new era in education” — acknowledged on Tuesday that he doesn’t plan to push through his ambitious plan during the 2011 session.

Scott said that he still believes parents do a better job of choosing schools, but he said that for this year his ‘focus’ will be to “make sure we have more charter schools going forward.”

“We have a lot of choice now, I want to expand that choice,” Scott said.

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