FSBA Daily Updates: Legislative Session 04-21-2015

SPECIAL ELECTION IN HOUSE DISTRICT 64 According to unofficial election returns, James Grant (R-Tampa) was re-elected today in a special election held in House District 64.  Although it appeared that Representative Grant had been re-elected in the November General Election, a legal controversy arose over whether the write-in candidate in this race was eligible to…

DOE Says Testing Problems Caused By Vendor: Leon Schools Suspends Online Testing…Again

Florida Department of Education Commissioner Pam Stewart says school districts can resume scheduled tests. The department is blaming testing administrator the American Institutes for Research, for outages that stopped testing Monday. In a statement, Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said AIR made a technical change to its system that resulted in login problems when students…

Standardized testing resumes in Manatee schools after morning outage

MANATEE — After a technical glitch caused statewide outages early Monday, standardized testing started hours later in Manatee County schools. In a conference call with the state Department of Education and Commissioner Pam Stewart, every district across the state was told it had regained access to testing, “We have confirmed that the login issue has…

Collier, Lee schools delay FSA testing after statewide computer glitch halts testing

NAPLES, Fla. – Collier County Public Schools announced Monday morning that all Florida Standards Assessment testing has been canceled because of a state computer issue preventing students from logging on. Lee County encountered the same issues, according to Jennifer DeShazo of the district’s communications office, and Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart in a conference call…