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Help us advocate for a safe, efficient, high quality system of public education that works for the success of every Florida child.
ADVOCACY
Your voice has power. Learn the facts about education reform policy and share your knowledge with others. Florida’s public school children need an army of advocates who value high quality learning. Together we can share our vision, speak up for our children and make dedication to public education a litmus test for elected office.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Fund Education Now’s Annual Education Report Card gives voters a non-partisan, comprehensive assessment of whether or not the Governor and legislators support and pass policies that uphold their Constitutional duty to Florida’s public school children as stated in Article IX, section 1 of the state constitution.
KNOWLEDGE
Florida public education has been subjected hundreds of drastic policy changes over the past 15 years. Effective advocacy means understanding policies and historical context. Fund Education Now provides easy tools to help advocates develop expertise and confidence about the issues.
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
Florida is ground zero for education reform legislation. Ideas that don’t pass one session are brought up again the following year. Issues such as high stakes testing, rigid teacher accountability measures, mandatory retention, unfunded mandates, diluting the authority of unions and school boards, expanding for-profit charter school chains and the promulgation of private school vouchers funded by diverted tax dollars are on-going efforts that are expanded by the Florida legislature each session.
Fund Education Now supports education policy legislation that does the following:
- What is Model legislation?
Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.
- Why are Florida-style education reforms spreading across the states?
In order to maximize profits from reforming and privatizing public education, it’s essential that as many states as possible adopt reform legislation as quickly as possible. - Federal ESSA
Congress finally passed the ESSA, bringing the era of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to its much deserved close. - FERPA & Student Privacy
“Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone.”
NEWS, TWITTER & TAKE ACTION
Take Action: NO on massive charter & voucher bills, final Senate floor vote Monday - Fund Education Now
Two atrocious K-12 education bills SB 1028 Alternate Charter Authorizer and HB 7045 massive voucher expansion are up for their third and final vote on the Senate floor Monday, April 26, 2021. Act now! This is our last chance to tell the Senate no on these massive charter and voucher expansions! CS/C...
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Education budgeters kick the can on federal relief, which could include teacher bonuses
'These stimulus dollars were not designed for Florida.'
floridapolitics.com
HB 51 Marie-Claire Leman: Alternate Charter Authorizer & School Board Term Limits not constitutional - Fund Education Now
Huge thank you to Marie-Claire Leman, parent, public school advocate and associate of Fund Education Now, for testifying against PCS for CS/HB 51 on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in the House Education and Employment Committee. For the record, Marie-Claire has risen each time, during the 2021 session, to...
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President Biden nominates former Congresswoman Gwen Graham for assistant secretary of education
A political force in her own right with a penchant for hugging, Graham was one of nine nominees for key administrative posts announced by the White House Friday.
tallahassee.com
Masks should be voluntary in schools in the fall, says Florida education commissioner
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Wednesday asked school superintendents to revise their school district’s mask policy, if they have one, to be voluntary instead of mandatory for the 2021-22 school year.
miamiherald.com
