U.S. CENSUS REPORT ON EDUCATION SPENDING The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual report on Education Spending. The Report provides comprehensive national and state-by-state data and statistics on a variety of education funding issues. School board members and others may find this information useful in their advocacy efforts, particularly as the Legislature is working…
LAKELAND | Polk County’s teachers won’t be evaluated based on student performance this year, The Ledger discovered Tuesday. An education bill passed into law in April reduced student performance from 50 percent to 33 percent of a teacher’s evaluation score. But the Polk County School District has decided it will not be used at all,…
TODAY’S HAPPENINGS In the House Finance & Tax Committee: The committee considered Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) FTC1 that provides a tax cut package valued at approximately $435 million. The bill was filed as HB 33-A. In the Senate Appropriations Committee: The Committee amended and passed SB 2-A — Health Insurance Affordability Exchange which offers premium…