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As someone who has designed a veterans program, 480 sign ups is fantastic. Its likely burracratic hurdles and hiring decisions that get you down to 7 folks. 
There are many programs that have low engagement because of the buraccracy, you shouldnt discontinue them and call them failed because you couldnt create a pathway for folks the first time.
"We think that that's important to both recruit and retain good people in the classroom," DeSantis said. 

 
We have teachers locking up their classroom libraries to avoid felony charges, a massive expansion of the school voucher program (which will hurt public schools) and a continuation of the failed "veterans as teachers" program.
That doesnt sound like retaining good people.