$1.1 Billion is A Lot of Money and 170,000 is A Lot of Students
On Wednesday evening, the Florida Senate took up HB7067, this year’s voucher expansion bill which seeks to quadruple…
“For Choice to be Valuable, It Has to be Meaningful, Right?”
Today, the Florida House will vote on HB7067, this year’s voucher expansion bill, which aims to quadruple the current…
Actually, Chair Sullivan, It IS “an And/Or”
As we wrote previously, HB7067 (and its companion SB1220), by quadrupling the current annual enrollment growth rate and placing…
SLOW DOWN: Stop the Never-Ending Voucher Expansion
Originally heralded as the “Year of the Teacher” by Governor DeSantis, in the final days of the Legislative…
CALL TO ACTION: SB1688 and SB1220
Heads up Florida! Next Tuesday’s Senate Education Appropriations subcommittee meeting (2/25/20) will be interesting. The agenda includes one…
Hiding in Implementing Bills: Massive Voucher Expansion.
While everyone is abuzz about minimum teacher salaries and another teacher bonus plan, Governor DeSantis is planning a…
Bolder, Brighter and Full of Baloney
A first look at Governor Desantis’ proposed (Anti-Public) Education Budget On Monday, Governor DeSantis presented his 2020/21 Budget…
Don’t Be Fooled By “Historic Education Funding” Talk. Voucher Schools are Florida’s Budget Winners.
“We’ve done a lot for the school districts. In fact, the majority of what we did, by far,…
Legislative Whack-A-Mole
We are just 4 weeks into the 60 day long, 2019 Florida Legislative session and bills detrimental to…
Understanding the Complexities of the FEFP
The Florida Education Finance Program, commonly referred to as the FEFP, is a complicated formula that strives to…
Education Crisis in Florida? “Our system of education is being overwhelmed…”
SB7070, the Senate Education Committee’s first train bill of the session, passed through their committee along a party…
The Senate Train Pulls out of the Station.
Last week several members of the Florida Senate Education Committee held a press conference where they presented their…
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