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Florida Appeals Court Overturns Ruling Supporting OPT OUT Parents
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he Florida Appeals Court stated that the Leon County district court did not have jurisdiction over parents’ complaints about third grade retention based upon the Florida Statewide Assessment scores. Instead, the court determined that the lawsuits should have been filed in local district courts where parents resided. According to the Orlando Sentinel report, the Appeals Court ruling declared that the state assessment had a laudable purpose to ‘assess whether the student has a reading deficiency and needs additional reading instruction before or after being promoted to fourth grade’.
Pennsylvania: What is the Cost of Charters?
In this article by Valerie Strauss, Carol Burris states: “All of the problems associated with charter schools, such as, siphoning public school funding, increased segregation, scandalous recruiting practices and blatant profiteering can be found in charters in and surrounding America’s Christmas city.” Superintendent of Schools Joseph Roy (Pennsylvania’s Superintendent of the Year) budgets $26 million for its charters. He estimates that if all charter students returned to public schools, the district, even after hiring some new faculty, would save twenty million dollars.
Sue Legg on Talk Radio about Vouchers
LWVUS announced a partnership with labor talk radio. Now, the U.S. League has turned to Florida for a story about our tax credit scholarship program. I did my homework, of course, for an interview on Tuesday, March 7th at 1:30 pm. You can listen. Go to their website and select the option best suited for you. I use the Internet player .
The background for the story is historical and interesting. Who would believe that President Ulysses S. Grant was a key player in the controversy over the separation of church and state in our schools. Like any important education issue, the debate never ends. It does morph as it has in Florida with the implementation of school choice policies.
Little Things Mean A LOT
For years now, small and medium sized mostly rural counties have received a little less per pupil funding than large counties. It adds up. Senator Hukill, Chair of the Senate Education Committee wants to fix it. See SB 1394.
Her county, Volusia, receives .9739 for every dollar allocated for public school students. Marion County receives even less, .9735. Very rural counties like Calhoun and Franklin are much lower at about .93 cents on the dollar. Across all students in the county, the funding loss can run into millions of dollars.
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- League Members visit the office of Senator Marco Rubio
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- League Members wait to see Senator Bill Nelson
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- Education Team at the Department of Education
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