THIRD GRADE RETENTION Fourteen parents filed a suit in Leon County Circuit Court seeking an injunction against seven school districts to prohibit the districts from retaining third grade students whose parents opted out of the Florida Standards Assessment test. Confusion exists throughout Florida’s public schools regarding whether opting out is a legitimate reason to retain Read more about Legal Updates[…]
MEDICAID LAWSUIT LEGAL FEES A pediatric Medicaid case against the state, which lasted more than ten years, was settled out-of-court. The state will be required to provide significantly improved access to health care for Florida’s two million Medicaid children. As part of the agreement, the state will pay plaintiffs’ attorneys $12 million for legal fees. Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Longtime Democratic Congressman Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, were handed an indictment on July 8th alleging she ran a phony education charity. Earlier this year, the president of her charity pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after it was discovered that she Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
ZIKA UPDATE As of August 30th, there were 682 cases of the Zika virus in Florida, 78 related to pregnant women. Governor Scott asked the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to activate an emergency response team to assist the Florida Department of Health and other partners in their investigation, sample collection, and mosquito control efforts. An unprecedented Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
The summer is winding down, though you would never know it from the record-breaking heat throughout the state. July 2016 was the hottest July on record, going back 130+ years, and it is the tenth record-breaking month in a row. And hurricane season, while almost half over, is just entering the most active time of Read more about Primary Elections[…]