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Both Sides Pressuring Scott on School Bill That Drew Protest Firestorm from Education Leaders

June 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The bill’s passage infuriated school boards, superintendents, the state’s main teachers and other education advocates. Scott hinted that he was considering a veto at the time.

Lawmakers Are Reducing Florida’s Public Schools To Factories of Failure and Inequity

April 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Time to take a good look at whether the changes we’ve endured — mass privatization, real-dollar funding decreases, high-stakes testing, and loss of local school board authority — gets us closer to carrying out our constitutional duty to our children.

Lawsuit Opposing School Voucher Expansion Is Thrown Out Again, Likely Ending Challenge

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A judge rebuffed claims by a teacher and two parents who joined the new lawsuit that the expansion of the Tax Credit Scholarship Program hurt them because it could lead to reduced funding for their schools.

“Opportunity Scholarships”: Lawmakers Revive Vast Expansion of School Vouchers By Riding Coattails of Students With Disabilities

March 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The House Education Appropriations Subcommittee voted 8-4 to introduce the measure, which would bind together a program aimed at students with disabilities and the voucher expansion. Senate leaders last week pulled their counterpart to the House voucher bill, but the measure for students with disabilities remains alive.

The Problem With “Step Up for Students,” Florida’s Voucher Jockey

March 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Step Up For Children CEO Doug Tuthill is shameless about the way his organization–the administrative agent for Florida’s school voucher program–spends lavishly on political races, which may explain why a Senate proposal to vastly expand the voucher program this year foundered.

Bill Vastly Expanding School Vouchers Dies As Questions About Accountability Mounted

March 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

No reason to mourn the latest attempt by the Florida Legislature to privatize education at public expense. (Andy Jones)

The decision represents a defeat for the GOP’s Will Weatherford, who was home schooled as a child and strongly pushed the expansion of the system, which gives companies tax credits for donating to scholarship funds that help children attend private schools. Under the bills, retailers would have been allowed to divert sales-tax payments to the system.

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