Scott PowersApril 30, 2019
8min2557
The bill's sponsor Randy Fine dismissed the group as not representative.
Tag: public schools
Scott PowersApril 30, 2019
Drew WilsonApril 15, 2019
5min458
If passed, voter-approved school taxes could head to charters.
A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2019
6min440
Daniels' latest religious instruction bill seemingly has died in committee.
Guest AuthorMarch 19, 20196min1235
"I agree that Florida should do better with funding."
Jacob OglesJanuary 22, 2019
5min2725
She is the face of school choice in Florida.
Scott PowersSeptember 4, 2018
4min860
Florida and county school districts are receiving $95.8 million in federal reimbursements to cover costs of taking in thousands of students from Puerto Rico who fled the island for Florida after Hurricane Maria last year, the office of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Tuesday. The money is coming in through the U.S. Department of Education […]
Staff ReportsAugust 28, 2018
2min219
An initiative to pass a half-cent sales tax for Washington County public schools passed at the ballot box Tuesday. The measure, aimed at funding facility and technology improvements in the school district, received nearly 58 percent of the vote, with all precincts reporting. The rural county, about 100 miles west of Tallahassee, has a population […]
Drew WilsonAugust 20, 2018
7min193
Leon County Judge John Cooper on Monday ordered a contentious education amendment removed from the November ballot. Amendment 8 bundled three education issues of varying popularity. It would set eight-year term limits for county school board members; require “civic literacy” to be promoted in public schools, and would strip school boards of their sole authority […]
Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 19, 2018
6min322
The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously approved a rule to help move forward with a controversial new program that will let bullied students transfer to private schools. With some 2.8 million students returning to their classrooms next month, “Hope” scholarships will allow students who are victims of bullying or other violence to receive […]
Jim RosicaJuly 12, 2018
4min450
Calling it “affirmatively misleading,” the League of Women Voters of Florida is seeking to have a proposed constitutional amendment on education tossed off the ballot. At issue is a section that would let organizers of charter schools avoid having to get an OK from local school boards to open. The League itself, President Patricia M. […]