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FL Board of Education member says state does not adequately fund education

UncategorizedBy SiteMGR October 30, 2009

You may have never heard of Roberto Martinez but he has a lot to say about public education in Florida. Mr. Martinez is a member of the Florida Board of Education. A Georgetown Law graduate, he also holds a Masters in Accounting and a B.S. in Economics from the prestigious Wharton School of Business at…

State Shifts Education Burden to Local Property Owners

UncategorizedBy SiteMGR September 6, 2009

As the Florida legislature continues to shift the burden of funding schools to local property owners, the colossal cost of the unfunded class size amendment looms. Joe Callahan with The Gainesville Sun wrote a thoughtful story today on the dense subject of education funding. A decade ago, voters overwhelming passed an amendment to the…