‘Little bit vague’: Grand jury report on school safety puzzles North Florida school officials

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Budget, Health & Safety, In the News, Legal News, Legislation, Personnel, School Governance

Florida school district officials are on alert in the days after an interim grand jury report found that some districts in the state’s 67 counties “have failed — or refused — to accept their responsibility for school safety.”  The grand jury report is dated Friday, July 19, 2019 and found that “numerous school districts” in the state…

Florida teachers: Did your school do well enough for you to get a bonus?

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Assessments, Budget, In the News, Legislation, Personnel

In part to settle a lawsuit contending the state’s Best and Brightest teacher bonus was discriminatory, Florida legislators in the spring changed the eligibility criteria for future awards.  Gone was the reliance on SAT and ACT scores. In its place came the use of a school’s improvement in the state accountability points system used to…