As Always, Budgets Reflect Priorities. For Florida’s Public Schools, the 2023-24 Budget Is NOT Worth Celebrating.
Budgets reflect priorities and Florida’s 2023-24 Budget does not prioritize its K-12 public schools. This is no surprise….
Activist or Advocate – Defending Public Education in Florida
Activist or Advocate? Can one really advocate for public education in a state hell bent on privatizing it…
Libraries, Nurses and Healthy Food or More Phonics? Which is the Better Investment?
When the New York Times and The Washington Post recently ran opinion pieces asserting that there is a national reading…
Do Florida’s Voters Want to Make School Board Races MORE Partisan?
At the end of each legislative session, Florida Politics publishes its list of “Winners and Losers.” No one…
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…
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