Around the state: Florida State University celebrated the groundbreaking of its new college of business building, a new attendance record was set in Marion, a state program helps bullied students, University of Florida shattered its fundraising goal, names were narrowed down for a new high school in Palm Beach, Hurricane[Read More…]
Tag: Hope Scholarship
House approves budget that cuts $200M from 12 school districts, testing, financial literacy and more
Commentary: Florida’s Hope Scholarship helped me rescue my daughter from a school bully
Editor’s note: This essay from Fort Lauderdale parent Cherie Sanders appeared today on miamiherald.com. I received a call near the end of the school day that no parent should ever get: My daughter had been threatened by a male student. More than threatened — he said he was going to[Read More…]
Partisan school board elections, back-to-school tax holiday, charter schools and more
Florida school choice bill to expand Hope Scholarship program clears Senate Education Committee
A bill that would expand a K-12 state scholarship program originally intended to offer safer educational options for bullied district school students passed its first hurdle Tuesday. Members of the Senate Education committee voted 6-4 along party lines, with Republican supporting and Democrats opposing, to approve Senate Bill 506, which[Read More…]