Less Chaos, More Local Funding, A Little Hope
[This post, first published 11/09/24, was updated on 11//10/24] While this election showed Florida getting redder (even diverse…
Florida: Defunding and closing Public schools while Encouraging The Building of More Private Options.
Quick summary: The IMPORTANT difference between closing a public school and closing a private or charter school is…
FLBOE Requests Budget That Doesn’t Keep Up With Inflation… Again.
With Hurricane Helene on the move, Wednesday’s State Board of Education (FLBOE) meeting was converted to a telephone…
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Project 2025 is a 900 page document published in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation who called it…
2024-25 Florida Voucher Funding Approaches $4 Billion
Step Up for Students (the politically connected, scholarship funding organization that oversees more than 99% of Florida’s voucher…
Florida Has The Capacity, But Not The Commitment, To Adequately Fund Its Public Schools
A Look at the 2024-25 K-12 Budget In January, a former staff member for Governor Rick Scott bragged…
Using your neighbor’s taxes to fund your child’s Private School Tuition
If you use your neighbor’s tax dollars to fund your child’s private school tuition and then claim its…
Florida: We’re Number 1! But we are also Number 50… What Gives?
SPOILER ALERT: It’s Accountabaloney. On May 8, 2024, Florida’s Commissioner of Education, Manny Diaz, Jr., held a press…
What Is That New Car Smell?
“The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program provides a student the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend…
Is Eliminating Property Tax the Next Step Toward Defunding Florida’s Public Schools?
How do we pay for the government services that we want? How do we assure a system of…
Legislative Session Starts Next Week in Florida
Florida’s 2024 Legislative Session begins next week, on January 9th, and is scheduled to last 60 days. What…
Remembering My Father, With Gratitude
My father passed away in February 2020. He was 93 years old. I am spending a good portion…
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