TODAY’S HAPPENINGS In recognition of Presidents’ Day, there were no legislative committee meetings of interest today. COMING UP TOMORROW [NOTE: Nearly all meetings may be viewed via live webcast or archived videos on the Florida Channel athttp://thefloridachannel.org/.] The Senate Criminal Justice Committee will meet (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) to consider the following item and others: SB 408 – Juvenile…
It’s that time of the year again — students statewide will sit for the Florida Standards Assessment test at the end of the month, and the Florida Department of Education is working to ensure this year’s tests go off without a hitch. Beginning Feb. 29, students from grades 4-7 will sit down for the FSA…
Sorry, recess moms. The push to mandate 20 minutes of daily recess in Florida’s elementary schools, which passed three House committees without opposition, won’t be heard by the Senate Education Committee this session. “I am not going to put it on the agenda,” committee chairman Sen. John Legg told the Gradebook. “It doesn’t merit a Tallahassee solution.”…
Remember the first time Florida issued school grades? It was back in the late 1990s, and they came across as a novel way to quickly show whether a school was performing well or badly. The state based the A-through-F marks on simple performance, and handed out money to schools that had top results. The concept…
This Video Update features FSBA Executive Director Andrea Messina reporting on legislation — HJR 759 / SJR 976 — proposing an amendment to the Florida Constitution that would establish a separate entity to authorize and operate charter schools as well as recently released House and Senate proposals relating to charter school capital outlay funding. Ms.…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is finally releasing school grades based on tests given nearly a year ago. The Florida Department of Education on Friday issued grades for schools that are linked to the state’s new high-stakes test. The Florida Standards Assessment is based primarily on Common Core standards. The preliminary grades given out for…