The clock starts today for Gov. Rick Scott who has 15 days to decide whether to sign an $82.4 billion state budget — and just how much of it he wants to veto. Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, on Wednesday is sending the budget bill (SB 2500) to Scott, who faces a June 15 deadline to act on…
The Palm Beach County school board is taking its battle over charter school approval to the Florida Supreme Court. Board members have taken a hard line against charter schools they feel are not innovative — but the state intervened and overturned the board’s rejection of a school that did not meet those standards. Read More
Florida Gov. Scott should veto the misbegotten K-12 education budget. Turn a deaf ear to his political foes’ contention that in doing so he would be caving in to (liberal) teacher’s unions. Swat down fantastical tales of overly larded public-school budgets. Decry, resolutely, the appallingly secretive deal-making between legislative leaders that, ultimately, leaves public schools…
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When Florida began its voluntary prekindergarten program, the criticisms began that it aimed to serve many youngsters but with little quality. It’s been 15 years since voters put the system in place, and the reviews have yet to change. In a report released Wednesday, the National Institute for Early Education Research found Florida second of…
Two days after calling for a veto of the Legislature’s education conforming bill, the Florida Association of School Boards upped the ante by asking Gov. Rick Scott to reject the proposed Florida Education Funding Program as well. The group’s executive director and president sent the governor a two-page letter echoing concerns about the spending plan…
The chorus of voices calling for Gov. Rick Scott to veto a controversial education bill — and perhaps part of the state budget for public schools — grew this week, even as supporters tried to push back. Two of the state’s major education organizations — the Florida School Boards Association and the Florida Association of…
Florida has two groups advocating on behalf of school boards, and they are not always asking for the same things. They disagreed on vouchers — in fact, the Florida Coalition of School Board members split from the larger, more established Florida School Boards Association over that issue — and now they disagree over the 278-page HB…
Add the Florida School Boards Association to the growing list of groups calling for a veto of HB 7069, the mammoth $419 million K-12 public schools bill Republican lawmakers unveiled and passed in the final days of their annual session. In a letter to Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday, the FSBA — which represents 64…
The state Department of Education and school districts are asking the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal in a case filed by parents opposed to standardized tests — an issue that involves what is known as the “opt out” movement. The dispute stems from parents who told third-grade students to put their names on…