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Florida’s Miserly Budget: Funds Charters & starves district schools

May 5, 2017Leave a comment

Once again, the Florida Legislature has failed to pass a budget in 60 days due in no small part to their “win at any cost” high-stakes Game of Thrones process. Now it appears that the session will be extended to accommodate the required 72 hour cooling off period prior to the final Budget vote. Legislators…

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Al Capone would have killed for tax dodger Erik Fresen’s sweet plea deal

May 5, 2017Leave a comment

by Fred Grimm | Miami Herald | May 4, 2017 Nine years. Nine consecutive years of neglecting a legal obligation as easy to ignore as a neon light flashing “Taxes! Taxes! Taxes!” Sure, a few segments of society shrug off April 15 as just another day. The poor, the homeless, prostitutes, drug dealers, grifters, gamblers,…

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HB 549: Flores amendment empowers charters to bypass local control & grab public buildings

May 4, 2017Leave a comment

Legislators are at it again!  With just days left in session, Sen. Flores and her friends at Jeb’s Foundation are still pushing the unfair transfer of public assets into the hands of corporate charter chains. HB 549 and the Flores amendment gives unprecedented power to charter schools, allowing them to acquire public facilities without local…

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Take Action: SB 1362 makes charter & district schools separate AND unequal

May 1, 2017Leave a comment

  Legislators constantly say that “charter schools are public schools!” SB 1362 makes a lie out of that statement.          Take action now! Tell the Senate NO on SB 1362 which makes Charter & District Schools separate and unequal It formally eliminates the requirement for the Florida Department of Education to compare…

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“Fund Our Kids, Not CHARTER Corporations,” Advocate Says

April 29, 2017Leave a comment

Details on “Schools of Hope” budget deal remain secret                                                                                  by Julie Delegal | Folio Weekly…

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Will “Schools of Hope” secret deal include the thoughtful language found in SB 1552?

April 28, 2017Leave a comment

Continuing the theme of secrecy, House and Senate members, according to the Miami Herald, have allegedly struck a compromise deal on the controversial “Schools of Hope/High Impact Charters” concept that would lessen the strong bias toward corporate charter chains. No details are available, making it hard to know whether public education advocates will view this…

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House leaders mull plan to allow districts access to ‘schools of hope’ funding

April 27, 2017Leave a comment

by Jessica Bakeman | Politico | 4/26/17                                                                                                …

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FL Budget Agreement produces $200M charter cash & lots of questions

April 26, 2017Leave a comment

In a curious turn, Florida politicians announced late Tuesday that they had come to an agreement on budget issues for a tentative $83 billion dollars. Predictably, Speaker Corcoran’s controversial priority “Schools of Hope/High Impact Charters” will get $200 million to entice charter school operators in other states to compete with chronically failing schools, according to…

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Take Action Now: Reject ALL “Schools of Hope/High Impact Charters” language

April 25, 2017Leave a comment

This dangerous concept is a pet project of House Speaker Corcoran and has worked its way into at least a dozen bills, making it intentionally harder to track. All of this activity feeds the goal of making it easier to slip this bad public policy into one of several massive “train” bills far removed from public…

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Does school competition lift all boats like Jeb Bush says?

April 22, 2017Leave a comment

  By Lola Duffort |April 17, 2017 |Politifact New Hampshire|Concord Monitor                                                                                 “When public schools face increased competition,…

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