Tony Bennett, State Board Wants More Capital Outlay For Charter Schools, None for Public Schools
From the Bradenton Times:
BRADENTON — In 2012, charter schools were narrowly unsuccessful in getting a state bill passed to require public school districts to give charter schools some of their local property tax revenue, though they received about $55 million for school construction through Governor Scott’s controversial decision to give them all of the state’s available capital outlay funding. If a recently proposed FLDOE budget is adopted, they’ll get even more next year, while school districts again go without.
Last week, The Palm Beach Post reported on a report the FLDOE gave a Florida Senate
Florida PTA on Board With Raising Teacher Salaries to National Average
. Its one thing for a couple of democrats to advance a bill which would benefit teachers. It’s another thing all together for the state’s largest public school parent organization to do so. From the Orlando Sentinel’s Leslie Postal:
The Florida PTA said today it appreciated Gov. Rick Scott had listened to teachers and parents and proposed a $2,500 raise for classroom instructors.
But the group urged the governor and the Florida Legislature to do more – and provide enough funding to boost Florida teachers’ salaries to the national average.
“By doing this, it will encourage experienced teachers to stay in the classroom by fully funding a