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Gov. DeSantis Proposed Budget Implementing Bill here. Important: Here is where the “Equal Opportunity Voucher” is first mentioned, it is later called the “Family Empowerment Scholarship/Voucher.” This voucher is radical because the Governor seeks to fund it through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) through our property taxes instead of a diverted revenue scheme (Corporate…
Today at 12 noon, March 14, 2019, the House Education Committee will hear EDC 19-01, which posted less than 48 hours ago. This is a massive voucher expansion that will use your property taxes to give private/religious school vouchers to families earning nearly $100,000! This is a set-up to universal vouchers for private schools, forever…
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in the Senate Education Committee, two public education advocates from both ends of the political spectrum stood in opposition to SB 226 by Sen. Brandes which seeks to expand the unproven, undocumented five county Competency Based Education program to all 67 counties. The five year pilot is only two and…
On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, three public education advocates from different sides of the political spectrum stood together to testify against SB 7070, a poorly conceived train/omnibus bill stuffed with many concepts ranging from a massive voucher expansion to giving teachers bonuses instead of raises. As usual, Committee Chair Manny Diaz limited public comment to…
This is how the votes went for the horrible SB 7070 “train/omnibus” bill in the Senate Education Committee, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Is your senator on this list? Please thank the “No” votes and tell the “Yes” votes know what you think. Spread the word to your sphere of influence about who voted to spend…
Folks, tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:30A as the Florida Senate Education Committee hears SB 7070. We must vehemently oppose SB 7070, a massive “Train Bill” that caters solely to the Koch Brothers and school “choice” lobbyists. We must reject the combining of a massive voucher expansion that will use public dollars within the…
The 2019 Florida Legislature begins March 5, 2019. Gov. DeSantis Proposed Budget Implementing Bill here. Important: Here is where the “Equal Opportunity Voucher” is first mentioned, it is later called the “Family Empowerment Scholarship/Voucher.” This voucher is radical because the Governor seeks to fund it through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) through our property…
There are 21.6 million people living in Florida. When Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education released a survey of 800 likely hand-picked participants declaring that “the vast majority of voters — nearly 80 percent — believe parents should have education choices (vouchers) for their children” it should have been heavily questioned by everyone. Instead…
By Wanda Moore, October 19, 2018, WPTV In Florida, anyone can operate a private school. No license necessary. No teaching qualifications needed. No curriculum required. Little oversight. The system is allowing for people like Alan and Molly Weierman to operate the Southeastern Military Academy (SEMA) in Port St. Lucie. Austin says he was getting his…
Update: Not only has Step Up For Students worked in Florida with Betsy DeVos to make low income families the face of its Corporate Tax Credit vouchers, it turns out that many of these religious schools are practicing state-sanctioned discrimination. The Orlando Sentinel has written extensively about Corporations diverting millions of tax dollars to…