Stories About How Charters Profit and Suspect Statistics from a Charter School Lobbyist
Setting the Record Straight. Last week in Senate Appropriations, SB1328’s final stop before the Senate floor, Senate Democrats…
Should Monroe Tax Dollars Be Used to Open Charter Schools in Escambia? More Fiscal Shenanigans in Florida.
Last week, the Florida GOP super majority advanced bills which will require the distribution of school district capital outlay…
Mandating Studies and Ignoring Results Because They Don’t Advance Your Agenda – The Real Florida Way
At the 4/17/23 House Appropriations Committee meeting, Rep. Jennifer Canady, R-Polk, sponsor of HB1259, was frustrated and angry….
Empowering Rogue School Boards Will Allow For More M4L Mayhem – That Appears to Be The Goal
After crowing about his ability to use his local school board to fire a superintendent he held a…
DeSantis Endorsed School Boards Continue to Wreak Havoc
It appears that school boards across Florida are trying to cause more mayhem than the bills being passed…
Next Week Won’t Be Much Better – Messing With The FEFP
Culture Wars, Academic Freedom in Higher Ed, Universal ESA Vouchers and attacking Teachers Unions – there was a…
Intellectually Bankrupt: Education Funding in Florida and the Impacts of HB1/SB202
The Florida Policy Institute (FPI) is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to advancing policies and budgets…
Will The Senate Ignore the Cost of SB202 on Public Education?
It is 24 hours before the Senate Education Appropriations Committee meets to discuss SB202, a massive expansion and…
HB1 and SB202 Allow “Double Dipping.” That Should Be Fixed
HB1 and SB202 expand Florida’s voucher program to every child in the state, regardless of income. What was…
Willful Ignorance? Underestimating The Costs of HB1/SB202 Will Hurt Public Schools
“HB1s fiscal analysis vastly underestimates the costs of this voucher expansion and if this isn’t corrected, public schools…
An Open Letter to the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee re. SB202
This Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 9:30 am, the Senate Education PreK-12 committee will hear SB202, the Senate…
Florida 2023: Setting Lots of Fires and Watching Public Schools Burn
Start lots of fires. Overwhelm the fire department and Enjoy watching them burn. This is the way of…
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