FSBA works to promote and protect the uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that is guaranteed by the Florida Constitution. Our efforts include tracking high profile education related cases and keeping our members informed of education related legal news and events around the country.

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• First Interim Grand Jury Report — 7/19/19
  • Press Release by Attorney General Ashley Moody

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The Education Law Alerts are compiled and provided by Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.

• September 2019
• August 2019
• July 2019
• June 2019
• May 2019
• April 2019
• March 2019
• February 2019
• January 2019
• December 2018
• November 2018
• October 2018

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• Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc., et. al. v. State Board of Education, et. al. — Breach of Article IX, Section 1, Constitution of Florida
  • Second Amended Complaint
  • Trial Court Final Judgment — 5/24/16
  • 1st District Court of Appeal Final Judgment — 12/13/17
  • Appeal of Judgment of the 1st District Court of Appeal — 6/4/18
  • Florida Supreme Court Opinion — 1/7/19
• League of Women Voters v. Detzner – Challenge of Amendment 8
  • Plaintiff’s Complaint Challenging Amendment 8 — 7/12/18
  • Ruling Ordering Amendment 8 to Be Removed from the Ballot — 8/20/18
  • State’s Brief Appealing Order to Remove Amendment 8 — 8/27/18
  • LWV Brief in Answer to State’s Appeal — 8/29/18
  • Florida Supreme Court Ruling Affirming Order to Remove Amendment 8 — 9/7/18
• Challenge of HB 7055 – Union Certification
  • Legal Complaint — 7/2/18
  • Order Denying Summary Judgment on Count II of the Complaint — 8/9/19
• Challenge of HB 7069
  • Complaint by the Palm Beach County School Board — 9/28/17
  • Complaint by the Alachua County School Board, et. al.— 10/16/17
  • Complaint to the Florida Supreme Court — 11/13/17
  • 1st DCA Ruling Affirming Trial Court Ruling — 8/29/19
  • Request for Florida Supreme Court Review of 1st DCA Ruling – 10/17/19
• Challenge of Best & Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program
  • Complaint — 9/13/17
• Separation of Church and State
  • Trinity Lutheran Church vs. Missouri — 6/2017
• Third Grade Retention
  • Final Complaint
  • Circuit Court Ruling — 8/26/16
• Palm Beach County vs. Florida Charter Education Foundation, Inc. — Appeal of State Board of Education Reversal of School Board Denial of Charter Application
  • 4th District Court of Appeal Decision
• McCall, et.al. v. Scott, et. al. — Constitutional Challenge of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
  • Legal Complaint
  • Trial Court Order Granting Motion to Dismiss
  • 1st District Court of Appeal Decision Affirming Trial Court
  • Florida Supreme Court Order Denying Review
• Limones vs. Lee County School District — Use of Automatic External Defibrillators
  • FSBA Amicus Brief
  • Florida Supreme Court Opinion
• Public Official Standing Doctrine
  • Supreme Court Order 4/1/2020

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