Broward Schools & Property Tax Edition: Capitol to Courthouse Headliners–January 7
Jan 7, 2010
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Florida schools losing millions in funding
School districts across Florida stand to lose millions of dollars in funding this month because more students enrolled in public schools than the state was expecting.
Unexpected enrollment surge cuts cash for schools
South Florida school districts will lose millions of dollars in funding because more students enrolled in public schools than the state was expecting
Florida education chief to revise Race to the Top application
With the clock ticking and opposition lingering, Education Commissioner Eric Smith has agreed to revise the state’s application for up to $900 million through the Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative.
- Florida Attorney General calls for support for Race to the Top
- Blog: Tallahassee’s big guns will turn out for Race to the Top meeting in Orange
- Palm Beach County school board members go for federal grant with hopes state, teachers can agree
- Blog: Clay County first district to send in Race to Top paperwork (minus union signature)
- Lee County teachers union boss has grant dilemma
- Blog: Osceola to seek Race to Top money (even without union support)
Tax Roll Continues Decline, Polk County Told
Polk County Property Appraiser Marsha Faux didn’t have any good news for the County Commission Thursday.
In 2009, the Homebuilders Association sued OCPS for failing to keep its promise to renovate 136 old schools and build 25 new ones.
Weeki Wachee will stay a city, for now
The city of mermaids will live on, but the tax rate will be capped at just more than nil.
Florida schools to pay best teachers more, faster with Gates grant
By 2013, teachers will be known as ‘apprentices” during their first three years with Hillsborough County Public Schools.
New Brevard school plans picked
The Brevard County School Board on Tuesday afternoon tentatively reached agreement on plans for school rezoning, which would move thousands of students and change attendance boundaries for 39 schools.
Proposed school zone changes would end Martin County option for handful of St. Lucie kids
Many families of some 40 children in the Beau Rivage and Harbor Ridge areas of southeastern St. Lucie County whose children attend Martin County public schools are protesting a plan to send their students entering kindergarten through eighth grades this August to St. Lucie County public schools.
New school maps could renew old battles in Naples
Parents curious to know if their child could be going to a new school next year now have their answer.
Editorial: Florida agenda for 2010
Home foreclosures are still rising, people are losing or can’t afford health insurance and businesses can’t get the credit to expand.
Broward school board panel to hold hearing on ethics
The Broward School Board’s ethics panel will have its first public hearing next week to get input on “what can be done to improve policies that have led to ethical lapses and a loss of public trust.”
Blog: Florida sets high bar on Imagine Schools’ nonprofit status
Are 11 Florida charter schools with the national Imagine Schools chain being operated as true, nonprofit organizations under state law?
New Research Reveals PreK-12 Educators Increasingly Value and Use Digital Media
According to a new national research report, ‘Digitally Inclined,’ compiled by Grunwald Associates LLC for PBS, teachers are making significant progress in adoption of digital media and Internet use.
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