Weakening Local Control of Schools to Empower Charter Schools Continues in Florida
Floridians have not witnessed such an avalanche of legislation intended to shift tax payer dollars which once went to public schools to the education for profit industry. Scathing Purple Musings wrote yesterday that a senate bill would turn over children’s private information to testing corporations to stay in line with Florida’s move to Common Core Standards. The House was at it yesterday and passed a bill through the Appropriations Committee which would give more taxpayer dollars to for-profit charter school and allow them to seize unused public school property at no cost. Times-Herald Tallahassee Bureau reporter Mary McGrory writes:
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping charter school bill that would, among other things, require traditional public schools to share empty classroom space with charter schools.
The bill from Rep. George Moraitis, R-Fort Lauderdale, would also require the state Department of Education to adopt a model charter school contract that could not be amended by the school or