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April 10, 2013

Senate Seeking Compromise On Funding For Online Classes

A Senate committee is attempting to defuse a funding dispute between the state-sponsored Florida Virtual School and private online providers. Tuesday, the Rules Committee added an amendment to an online education bill asking the Florida Department of Education to study funding for online courses and to recommend changes by the end of the year. The […]

April 1, 2013

More Than Half of Black and Hispanic Students Will No Longer Qualify For Bright Futures Scholarships

More than half of Florida’s Hispanic and black students at state universities currently eligible for the state’s Bright Futures college scholarship would no longer qualify when new standards take effect on July 1, according to a University of South Florida analysis obtained by the Florida College Access Network. By comparison, about 40 percent of white […]

March 29, 2013

House Speaker On Proposed Budget: ‘Education Is The Big Winner’

The Florida House has released its proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Speaker Will Weatherford says education was prioritized over everything else. “The big winner is education,” Weatherford said. “We invested over a billion dollars into our K-12 education system from last year.” He said that amounts to a 6.2 percent increase […]

Business Group Says Health Care Expansion Threatens Education Funding

A business advocacy group is running television ads that say Florida might have to cut education funding if the state expands Medicaid health coverage. The National Federation of Independent Business has also set up a website — FloridaCanDoBetter.com. “Washington promises to pay the billions in new costs. But with these endless federal deficits can we […]

March 28, 2013

Union Says Eliminating Pension Will Cut Teachers’ Annual Retirement Income By $8,400

While the Easter Bunny is delivering festive eggs this week, the Florida Education Association said lawmakers are trying to take a chunk out of teachers’ nest eggs. The teacher’s union held a news conference in Tallahassee blasting state leaders for trying to impose “changes to the pension system that guarantee retirement insecurity.” The Florida Legislature […]

March 26, 2013

Private Schools Should Accept Some Scrutiny Along With McKay Scholarships

Florida’s special education scholarship program needs more accountability, a school choice researcher argues, despite opposition from a coalition of schools which administer the scholarships. Last week the Coalition of McKay Scholarship Schools said a majority of their members would no longer participate in Florida’s scholarship program for students with disabilities if they were required to […]

March 22, 2013

Weatherford: House Can’t Tell School Districts How To Award Teacher Raises

House Speaker Will Weatherford met with reporters at the Capitol late Thursday. He answered a variety of questions, including one that has been plaguing him about proposed teacher raises. Weatherford told reporters Thursday that most of the billion or so dollars being added to the House education budget next year will go toward teacher salaries. […]

March 20, 2013

A Digital Divide Between State Board And Lawmakers’ Education Budget

A Florida Senate budget proposal includes money for teacher raises, but the State Board of Education is worried the spending plan does not set aside enough money to expand Internet access at state schools. The Senate budget proposal unveiled Wednesday sets aside $76 million to expand Internet access at state schools. The Florida Department of […]

Proposed Senate Education Budget Includes Teacher Performance Pay

A Quinnipiac University poll released today finds Florida voters approve of one of Gov. Rick Scott’s top budget priorities. Nearly three-quarters of respondents like his proposal to give $2,500 raises to the state’s public school teachers. Legislative leaders like the idea of more money for teachers — but not necessarily across-the-board raises. The Senate Appropriations […]

March 19, 2013

House Budget Will Include Teacher Raise, Restore Higher Education Cuts

Florida House and Senate leaders have set aside less money for education in their initial budget outlines than did Gov. Rick Scott. Both House and Senate leaders have expressed doubts about Scott’s $480 million plan to give teachers a $2,500 across-the-board raise. Scott’s budget would have spent $14.3 billion on education. House Appropriations education committee […]

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