EDUCATION Several education bills are making their way through the Legislature this year. One details how funding would be distributed to charter schools and creates the Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation at Florida State University. The Institute’s mission is to research policy related to charter school accountability, instruction, finance management and operations. Charter schools Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Florida celebrated its 170th year of statehood on March 3, 2015. The Legislature began its sixty day session on the same day. Now that we have reached the midpoint of the 2015 Session, we wanted to update you on some of the key items of interest impacting Floridians. There is a saying that ‘nothing is Read more about From the Capitol[…]
Special Elections were held on April 7th for House Districts 17 and 24 and Senate District 6. Congratulations to Cyndi Stevenson (HD 17), Paul Renner (HD 24) and Travis Hutson (SD 6) on winning their elections!
KEEP FLORIDA LEARNING Last year, Governor Scott requested the formation of a committee to study, among other things, how school districts choose to adopt textbooks and other instructional materials and how the districts could best implement Florida’ s new academic standards and testing. The “Keep Florida Learning Committee” members were announced today. In addition to Read more about Movers & Shakers[…]
RPOF STAFF Incoming RPOF Chair Blaise Ingoglia announced interim staff assignments at the Republican Party of Florida. David Johnson will serve as the interim executive; Brad Herold as the deputy executive director; Sarah Bascom of Bascom Communications & Consulting, LLC, as the interim communications director and advisor in a volunteer capacity; Lyndsey Cruley, also from Bascom, Read more about Movers & Shakers[…]