President Donald Trump will call the nation’s attention to one of Florida’s most controversial school choice policies for the second time this week during a planned visit to a Catholic school in Orlando on Friday. During Trump’s speech to Congress earlier this week, he urged lawmakers “to pass an education bill that funds school choice…
DetailsRick Scott has selected Carlos Beruff, the Manatee County Republican who ran for U.S. Senate in 2016, to serve as chairman of the powerful Constitution Revision Commission. Read More
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OnBoard Blog March 2017: Leadership Lessons at the Oscars This year, the Oscars gave us not only a surprise ending, but three very valuable leadership lessons. Scott Eblin posted the following on his blog, Monday, February 27, 2017. “No doubt, you’ve heard all about it by now. It’s the end of the Academy Awards ceremony…
DetailsThe testing wars have returned to the Florida Capitol. Two years after widespread computer problems undermined confidence in the state’s new standardized tests and sparked a political firestorm, lawmakers are once again floating ideas to reduce high-stakes exams in Florida schools. Read More
DetailsAbbey Clements could hear the sounds of the nation’s deadliest K-12 school shooting as she huddled with her 2nd graders singing Christmas carols to drown out the terrifying noises coming from down the hall. Read More
DetailsFlorida Employers: Here Comes Medical Marijuana- Are You Ready? by Leonard J. Dietzen, III Florida voters turned out in droves to pass Amendment 2 to legalize medical marijuana. This Constitutional Amendment greatly expanded what was once a very narrow right in Florida to be treated with low dose THC cannabis. With its passage, Florida employers…
DetailsView the Senate Press Release outlining President Joe Negron’s appointees to the Constitutional Revision Commission Read more here
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DetailsOnce again, Florida lawmakers will try to force school districts to share part of their local tax dollars with charter schools so that those privately managed schools can enjoy the same access to funding for maintenance and construction projects as traditional public schools. Read More
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This was the last week of Interim Legislative Committee Meetings prior to the beginning of the Regular 2017 Legislative Session on Tuesday, March 7. The most significant meeting this week was the Senate Education Committee meeting. Senators considered several bills of special interest to school board members including one that is a priority in the…
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