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Interdistrict Enrollment is Appealing but Tricky
Florida schools are preparing for next year’s rollout of one of the nation’s most unrestricted open-enrollment laws allowing students to more easily cross district lines to go to school—a practice that has grown slowly nationwide amid both statutory and practical hurdles. Nationwide, 23 states had some type of mandatory, interdistrict open-enrollment laws in 2015, prior…
FSBA #FridayFive – Week of May 31, 2016
Five things you should know: State BOE Vice Chair calls for Computer Science to be front and center Students from military families to be monitored Gain a better understanding of how non-college goers fared in the years after graduation ESSA’s supplement vs. supplant firestorm “Final Straw” stressors associated with teen suicide identified in new survey
‘Opt out’ parents seek lawyers’ help in battles over third-grade retention
TALLAHASSEE — Throughout Florida, parents of third graders who refused to take state exams are consulting attorneys about their legal options for fighting school districts’ plans to hold back their children. Florida law prohibits third graders who fail state reading tests from being promoted to the fourth grade, unless they are granted a “good cause”…
Proposed ESSA Rules Aim to Walk Fine Line on Accountability
In their proposed rules on school accountability, federal officials are attempting to walk a fine and aggressively scrutinized line. They say they’ve tried to offer the meaningful flexibility to states and districts under the Every Student Succeeds Act that many say the law requires, while answering the call to make sure that all students are…
When Too Much “Hands On” Impedes Progress
Ann MacFarlane, a longtime observer of civic and nonprofit boards, has seen some interesting “hands on” approaches in school boards across the country. Some examples: A board member who is a CPA decided that he was not satisfied with the district’s financials, so he prepared his own version…