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Nation’s most expansive education savings account is good news for West Virginia families

Editor’s note: reimaginED is pleased to present this commentary from Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, on the benefits of education savings accounts to students and families of West Virginia. Katie Switzer, a West Virginia mother of four, knows firsthand that different children have different needs. That’s why she was thrilled when West… Read more »

Vaccines for children, Broward board declines to appoint Cartwright as superintendent, and more

Vaccinations for children: The Biden administration told the nation's governors on Tuesday to start making plans to vaccinate elementary-age children in November. White House officials told the governors that they've bought enough pediatric doses from Pfizer to vaccinate the 28 million children between the ages of 5 and 11 who will be eligible for the... Read more »

Teacher shortage, book removed from school library, a snag for a superintendent, and more

Around the state: The number of teaching openings in the state has grown to 5,000, a book with graphic illustrations and descriptions of LGBTQ sexual experiences has been removed from a Brevard County high school library, not all Broward school board members are backing a proposal to offer interim superintendent Vickie Cartwright the job permanently,... Read more »

Happy birthday, education savings accounts

In 2006, the Arizona Supreme Court struck down two small voucher programs, one for children with disabilities, the other for children in foster care. It was a devastating loss, but from that setback came a new form of choice: an account-based program. The first education savings account program, Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account, turns 10 this… Read more »

State’s ‘COVID slide,’ mask injunction requested, Fried’s data questioned, superintendents and more

Around the state: The state's application for federal coronavirus relief aid details the "COVID slide" among Florida students, parents of children with disabilities have asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an injunction against Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order on face masks until an appeal of a lower-court ruling can be heard, the... Read more »

Eight districts told to drop mask mandates or face penalties, state applies for federal aid, and more

Eight districts sanctioned: Eight Florida school districts have been given 48 hours to get their face mask policies aligned with the state's rules or face financial penalties, the state Board of Education decided Thursday. If the Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, Palm Beach, Duval, Brevard, Leon and Alachua districts choose not to allow parents to opt-out of... Read more »

Florida says it will eventually apply for federal aid, state BOE meets over defiant districts, and more

Florida and federal aid: The state will apply for $2.3 billion in the third round of federal relief funds, a spokeswoman for Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday, but she contends there's no rush because the funding is intended to last through September 2024 and most Florida school districts have yet to spend all the aid... Read more »

Corcoran wants even more money withheld from defiant districts, threat response ripped, and more

Confrontation on masks, money: Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran wants to block the pay for school board members in the school districts that are defying the state's mask mandate rule, and is also suggesting that the state withhold funds equal to the amount those districts are getting from the Biden administration to replace the money... Read more »

Feds push state to apply for $2.3B in COVID aid, mask decision appealed, mold issues and more

Feds pressing state on aid: U.S. Department of Education officials are pressuring Florida to apply for $2.3 billion of coronavirus relief aid targeted to help school districts. Florida is the only state that has not submitted a plan for its share of the funds, which is required before the money will be released. "FDOE’s delay... Read more »

Judge won’t reconsider support for ban on mask mandates, teacher dies of COVID, and more

Ban on mask mandates stands: A federal judge has declined to reconsider his Sept. 15 ruling denying a request for a preliminary injunction against an executive order signed July 30 by Gov. Ron DeSantis that prohibited districts from imposing face mask mandates without giving parents an option to opt-out. The request had been filed by... Read more »

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