We have held off on reporting on the progress of the Education Budget Conference Committee because the first exchange of offers between the Conference Committee members produce significant swings in funding and policy that are not really indicative of the final result and, instead, can cause confusion. However, the chambers have now progressed in the…
Calling it an issue of school safety, the Florida House nearly unanimously approved a bill this spring encouraging schools to adopt “standard student attire.” The measure, not a Senate priority, died as the legislative session collapsed days before its official end. But now it’s back in special session. How does it live on? It carried…
In its effort to restore some credibility to Florida’s testing system, the Legislature called for a validity study on this spring’s Florida Standards Assessments. One company bid. Alpine Testing Solutions asked for just under $595,000 for the work. Who will cover that price tag? State senators think American Institutes for Reseach, the firm that oversaw the…