The Broward School Board voted to sue the State of Florida over HB 7069’s requirement to share local capital outlay funding with charter schools. As reported in the blog earlier, this new law has a massive impact on districts. The new law violates the provision that local school boards, not the State are responsible for the oversight and operation of schools. The Schools of Hope would essentially seize schools in low income areas who have low performing students.
Sharing local property taxes with charters is also unconstitutional.
Miami-Dade, Pinellas, and Orange County are also considering joining the lawsuit.
This ‘anything goes’ legislature may find that ‘not everything goes’ especially our public schools.
See today’s Sun Sentinel
Great idea. Wonder if Brevard would be interested in supporting this? Anything happening here?