Florida’s testing season has ended. The final bell of the school year is near. Yet so much about the state’s new exams has changed or remains in limbo following a spring filled with testing problems and new legislation. State and local education officials are scrambling to decipher the new laws and implement them for students,…
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FSBA 2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY — PART I FSBA’s Legislative Session Summary – Part I provides detailed summaries of the education related bills that were passed during the regular Session. In addition to the detailed Summary, we have conducted two Education Legislation Webinars on these bills. The first webinar focused on HB 7069 and the…
DetailsGov. Rick Scott visited a Miami elementary school Monday to ask lawmakers to meet his request for school funding. Lawmakers return to Tallahassee today to finish the budget. The big disagreement is how to pay for health care. And that could affect how much money is left for education. Scott opposes expanding the state-run Medicaid…
DetailsIt’s a law that helped give rise to the tea party, spurred a Republican takeover of Congress and has been the subject of GOP-backed legal challenges that have extended all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Barack Obama’s health care reforms — commonly known as Obamacare — have roiled state and national politics…
DetailsAs the state Legislature prepares to convene for a special session in hopes of hashing out a health care compromise — and passing a balanced budget — school districts across the state are in a budget limbo. Districts rely on local taxes and state allocations to function. But without a finalized state budget, school financial…
DetailsThe panel asked to choose a firm to review the validity of Florida’s new testing system doesn’t appear to have much work to do when it meets Friday. Only one group has submitted a bid to do the work. A partnership of Utah-based Alpine Testing Solutions and Washington, D.C.-based edCount LLC proposed to do the evaluation…
DetailsThe name of the most famous home-schooled athlete is bringing new currency to a debate that’s been going on for decades. With the National Federation of State High School Associations’ membership split on the issue, the group is serving as a venue for discussion. The name Tim Tebow elicits a wide variety of reactions across…
DetailsANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is funding a $1.6 million, three-year study of the effectiveness of virtual schooling in Florida, one place where online learning is fast growing. University of Michigan economics and education professor Brian Jacob says there are “enormous gaps” in what’s known about how well online learning…
DetailsMay edition of Board Notes … with features on Fremont Public Schools, a follow-up from last month’s Reinke/Deshler feature on creating opportunities in a small town, a list of upcoming events and networking opportunities, and much, much more! Board Notes Link – May 2015 As always, Board Notes, and other key resources can always be found here too, as…
DetailsEven if the much-debated bills to revamp Florida high school athletics won’t be passed in 2015, the ideas aren’t dead. The bills – House Bill 7137 and Senate Bill 948 – would’ve created more-lenient eligibility rules for transferring student-athletes and revamped the Florida High School Activities Association. The House passed 7137, but its premature adjournment…
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