Florida Senate prepares its answer to wide-ranging House education bill
Last week, just hours before news reports began to emerge about a teenager's murderous rampage through a Broward County high...
Read More >Fla. Senate panel backs Schools of Hope tweaks, flexibility for school district construction
A Florida Senate proposal would re-examine several issues from a contentious education law passed last year. SB 1434, which received...
Read More >Fla. House proposal would provide new school choice funding source
A Florida House panel this morning approved legislation that would create a new funding stream for private school choice scholarships....
Read More >Fla. school board says it won't 'claw back' charter school capital funds if districts win suit
Two Florida school boards have turned over funding they withheld from charter schools while they challenged the constitutionality of a...
Read More >How thousands of Florida parents are customizing education for children with special needs
Florida's newest private school choice program is no ordinary voucher, a new report finds. The analysis, released this week by...
Read More >State wants explanation from districts withholding charter school funds
The Florida Department of Education has rebuked a pair of school districts that did not release millions of dollars in...
Read More >Hope Scholarship, oversight legislation advance in Fla. Senate
A Florida Senate panel approved measures that would increase oversight existing private school choice programs and create a new option...
Read More >Breaking down the Florida House's new charter school funding plan
As we noted earlier, the Florida House has a budget proposal that would insulate charter schools from lawsuits challenging the...
Read More >School choice proposal for bullying, violence victims stirs passions
Jacob Lebron is growing up with Aspergers Syndrome. In elementary school, his mother told a panel of state lawmakers, "he...
Read More >Fla. charter schools warned not to spend local capital funding (updated)
Some Florida charter schools in line for an infusion of local funding for capital projects are getting warnings from school...
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