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The operators of LifeSkills Academy in Milwaukee, a private voucher school that got more than $2 million in public subsidies before closing last month and sending children to other schools, are receiving taxpayer dollars to support a new school in Florida.

Cheryl Etters, spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Education, confirmed that LifeSkills Academy II in Daytona Beach applied to participate in the state's voucher program for special-needs students in April 2013.

"They currently have two McKay (Scholarship Program) students and have received $2,707.50 so far this year," Etters said.

She added the school, which lists its location at 101 Indigo Drive and its leader as Taron Monroe, reported 10 students enrolled.

Florida's McKay Scholarship Program allows students with disabilities to receive a taxpayer-funded tuition subsidy worth up to $5,415 annually to use at participating private schools.

Etters said the two children enrolled with the help of McKay scholarships this year at LifeSkills Academy II will qualify for 75% of the per-pupil funding, since they enrolled at the school later in the academic year.

Taron Monroe and husband Rodney Monroe faced scrutiny for operating a private voucher school in Milwaukee where virtually no children could read or do math proficiently, while living in a five-bedroom house in West Bend, which fell into foreclosure. They closed their school in Milwaukee in December, forcing 66 children to find new schools.

The Monroes currently rent a house in a gated community near the beach in Palm Coast, Fla., according to public-record searches and interviews conducted by the Journal Sentinel.

Calls for comment to LifeSkills Academy II have not been returned.