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Daily Archives: February 24, 2016

Best & Brightest rides into Senate Approps aboard SB 524

UncategorizedBy SiteMGRFebruary 24, 2016

After much Senate posturing, the Best & Brightest, sporting recently passed House language, is now stuffed into SB 524 by Sen. Gaetz in a “train.” It is in this form that the $44M teacher bonus program once called “stupid” by Sen. Detert will be heard in Thursday’s Senate Appropriations Committee. Take action today & say…

SB 886: War on school board authority continues with the unfair tax burden of “open enrollment”

UncategorizedBy SiteMGRFebruary 24, 2016

SB 886 by Sen. Benacquisto, which will be heard in Senate Appropriations this week, imposes an unfair tax burden on districts by allowing  students to “open enroll” in any school across the state.  It should be noted that SB 886 proponents from the charter and “school choice” lobby gave at least $182,500 to legislators and…

SB 468 truth: Coding as a foreign language is an unpiloted national experiment

UncategorizedBy SiteMGRFebruary 24, 2016

  Take action now. Say no to coding as a foreign language. SB 468 by former Yahoo! exec Jeremy Ring, is coming up for a vote on the Senate floor tomorrow. Thanks to the Miami Herald for reporting that this vendor-driven bill is also an unpiloted statewide experiment. Ring proudly boasts that if SB 468 passes it,…

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