Prosecutors: Businessman diverted education money meant for Pinellas, Hillsborough charter schools
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Details57 legislators voted no on HB 7069 & deserve our thanks
Thank you for engaging and working so hard to spread the #VetoHB7069 message. You are public education heroes and are responsible for sending at least 150K emails to Gov. Scott and the Senate, regardless of the political spin. …
DetailsVeto HB7069: Call, write & Rally in Orlando tomorrow!
Rally: Stand for our Public Schools & demand a veto for HB 7069! Place: Ron Blocker ELC building, 445 Amelia Street Orlando. Fl 32801 Time: 12:30P Whether…
DetailsVeto HB 7069: Call & write, Gov. Scott is watching our numbers!
Our kids need you now! Keep writing and calling Gov. Scott to ask him to VETO HB 7069. Late Monday evening it was officially confirmed that Scott has HB 7069. He has until June 27th to veto the bill or sign it into law. Email Gov. Scott. Ask him to Veto 7069. Call Gov. Scott: 850.488.7146…
DetailsUrge Gov. Scott to Choose Public Ed & VETO HB 7069!
The scariest news of all about HB 7069 is a Miami Herald report that Sen. David Simmons has written a “fix” for HB 7069 after being one of the few Republicans who voted against it. The only thing that will make HB 7069 better is a veto. Speaker Corcoran has delayed giving Gov. Scott HB…
DetailsKing Corcoran buys”Session Biggest Winner” title for $20K – almost 50% of a teacher’s salary
Richard Corcoran thinks he’s a monarch not the Speaker of the Florida House. He feels entitled to negotiate budgets and train bills in secrecy. He thinks nothing of calling teachers “downright evil.” He and his cronies, the Koch Bros., lambaste “corporate welfare” when it comes to Enterprise Florida but plow $200M into the blatant corporate Charter welfare “Schools of…
DetailsKeep Urging Gov. Scott to Veto HB 7069 – this is a numbers game
Keep urging Governor Scott to Veto HB 7069! Our request is gaining traction. Every major newspaper agrees and has written compelling op-eds asking for a veto. This is a numbers game, so keep reaching out to Gov. Scott. The Senate passed HB 7069, the worst package of public education policies in Florida history, by a…
DetailsGov. Scott: Veto HB 7069 “Monstrosity” – the worst public ed policies ever
The Florida Legislature left a mighty mess in its wake. …
DetailsFL Checklist: The bad policies in HB 7069/Conforming Bill
What exactly has been stuffed into the Conforming bill known as HB 7069? Remember, most of these ALEC policies are driven by Jeb’s Foundations and assigned to legislators who did their best to avoid public debate. That’s because no one but Jeb, the Koch Bros, and the charter/voucher lobby wants this legislation. Ever seen…
DetailsTell the Senate to Vote NO on HB 7069 – The worst list of education policies ever
Florida’s 2.8 million public school children need your help now. Both the Budget and HB 7069, the Conforming bill, which contains an inappropriate number of policies and barely vetted concepts, will face an up/down vote in both the House and the Senate Monday afternoon. Take action now! Speaker Corcoran promised transparency, but delivered the opposite when he…
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