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Florida schools roundup: School transportation, textbooks and more
Bill for school buses: A bill that would make more Florida students eligible for transportation to school gets the approval of the Senate Education Committee. The proposal would allow students who live 1.5 miles from school – instead of the current standard of 2 miles – to be eligible for busing, redefine hazardous walking routes… Read more »
Fla. Hare Krishna school gives lessons in service
Alachua, Fla. – The art projects were distinct from most others. Students at Bhaktivedanta Academy had to use pieces of trash to create artwork weighing less than 50 pounds. The project, Trashformations, was part of the 19th-annual student recycled art competition sponsored by the Alachua County Commission. Students at the academy, which is rooted in… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Charter funds, gay teacher fired, Baker Act and more
Charters get payments: Under protest, Broward and Orange school districts distribute about $15 million in local construction funding to charter schools after being ordered to do so by the Florida Department of Education. The districts wanted to hold the money in escrow until their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law requiring the payments is decided…. Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Budgeting, bullying, school oversight and more
State budgeting: The Senate and House pass budgets that are close in size, but at odds on how to pay for education, among other things. The House’s $87.2 billion budget includes tying the changes in education proposed in H.B. 7055 to the overall budget. But senators used a procedure to force the House to uncouple the… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Budget battle, Hope Scholarship, charters and more
Education budget: Battle lines are forming over the House’s nearly 200-page education bill, H.B. 7055. The House Democratic caucus says it will oppose the bill, calling it an “attack on public education,” and even some Republicans in the Senate are critical of the way the House has put so many issues into a single bill. The… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: H.B. 7055 debate, CRC, replacing Avossa and more
H.B. 7055 debate: The Florida House begins debate this afternoon on its omnibus education bill, H.B. 7055. The nearly 200-page bill incorporates multiple topics, from the creation of scholarships for bullied students to the imposition of requirements on teachers unions, and is such a priority for House leaders that they have tied the per-student funding language… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Avossa stepping down, education bill and more
Avossa resigning: Palm Beach County School Superintendent Robert Avossa is resigning after two and a half years to take a job with a publisher of educational materials. Avossa, 46, plans to leave June 12 to become senior vice president and publisher of education products for LRP Publications in Palm Beach Gardens. “This opportunity will allow… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Turnarounds, pluralism, civics and more
Urgency. Hillsborough County School Board members say the district needs to move faster to boost performance in persistently struggling schools. Tampa Bay Times. More from Gradebook. Pluralism. A Muslim student at Pembroke Pines Charter School educates her classmates about wearing a hijab. WPLG. Civic literacy. A proposal advancing through Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission would enshrine… Read more »
Florida schools roundup: Education legislation, lawsuits and more
Legislation. The Florida House’s big education bill keeps getting bigger. It now includes the Hope Scholarship proposal and a provision that could cause headaches for teachers unions. Gradebook. Capitol insiders say state Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee and a key figure on education issues, may leave his post to run for Tallahassee mayor. But Montford himself… Read more »
