The Florida Constitution Revision Commission Education Committee voted down the highly unpopular proposal by Erika Donalds to strip school boards of their salaries. Donalds, a sitting school board member in Collier County who was appointed to the CRC by Speaker Richard Corcoran, has distinguished herself as being opposed to the constitutional structure of elected school…
Last session, under extreme secrecy, Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran engineered the passage of HB 7069 which significantly, and perhaps illegally, expanded the scope and influence of private charter school corporations. Thirteen Florida school districts filed a lawsuit to stop the consequences of 7069. The law forces districts to share locally levied tax revenues –…
Tomorrow the Florida Constitution Review Commission meets to vote on several public education issues. The commission, which meets every twenty years, is comprised of GOP political appointees who have the power to propose and place changes to the constitution on the ballot. Florida is the only state that uses a non-elected committee to change its…