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New Education Issues for Action Approved at LWVF Convention
Action issues on testing, charter school management, common curriculum, and use of public funds for education were updated at the Florida League of Women Voters convention this past week.
Voices from local leagues were heard.
The implications of the changes are summarized. We can go to work in new ways! Take a look.
Special Session Bills: No Education
The proclamation for the special session has been issued. The session will last twenty days. No education bills will be considered. What will be covered is…..Continue reading
Palm Beach School District Sues State
Should a charter be able to open only because they can fill out a form properly? In February the Palm Beach League of Women Voters sponsored a panel on charter school issues. Frank Biden, spokesperson for Mavericks Schools, was there along with a Palm Beach County Commissioner and a School Board member. He acknowledged in a Sun Sentinel interview that “{Charter schools} should not open in areas where there is not a need.”
This sounds good, but what has happened since?
Taking Time to Smell the Roses
I am off on a tangent. This is not the same as a vacation. The legislative session is over, and it is time to mull over what happened and did not happen. Where shall we put our energies for next year?
As the thoughts about the inadequacies of charter school oversight were spinning in my head, I saw a field of roses. Hmmm, it must be time to smell them and let these ideas mature. So, I am cultivating my garden of ideas.
If you send things, I will post them, but I will spend the next week or so doing some digging. It must be spring.
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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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