Increasing students’ school options remains a high priority for several Florida lawmakers, who continue to file bills aiming to accomplish that goal.
The latest in a string of measures is Rep. Chris Sprowls’ revival of his spring effort to codify student transfers across district boundaries. Last time, school district officials picked holes in the proposal, raising concerns about time lines and definitions that House Education chairwoman Marlene O’Toole deemed “adult problems.”
This time around, Sprowls’ approach is more sweeping. Rather than deal with how to determine what “capacity” means, HB 669 proposes that districts determine which schools have available seats according to existing rules, and then open them to any student from any district…
