After losing the first round in a court battle, school-voucher opponents have filed a revised challenge to a new law that would expand Florida’s de-facto voucher program.

The challenge, backed by the Florida Education Association teachers union, was filed Tuesday in Leon County Circuit Court. The filing came nearly a month after Chief Circuit Judge Charles Francis said the plaintiff in an initial version of the case, Lee County teacher Tom Faasse, didn’t have the legal standing to sue.

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