Did Jeb Bush Admit that the Florida Legislature isn’t Funding its Own Merit Pay System?
While its understandable that Jeb Bush would receive top billing, the fact that he actually appeared on the same stage with opponents of his ed reform measures is nonetheless astonishing. Along with a Tampa middle school teacher and school board member from Orlando, Kathleen Oropeza, founder of school advocacy group Fund Education Now shared concerns with Bush policies and Florida’s current reform path. In moment of rare candor, Bush may have admitted that Florida’s new merit pay law wasn’t being funded:
Florida’s new merit-pay law was mentioned frequently. The law ends tenure-like
job protections for new teachers and creates evaluation systems for all
educators based on student growth on tests. Eventually, pay plans based mostly
on seniority will be phased out.Bush, who said he supported it, said at
least twice, however, that it would not be successful if the Legislature did not provide money to pay
