The Senate Appropriations Committee on Education meets today!
Please consider sending a similar email. The committee meets TODAY at 11 am. I got most of the facts from Sue’s blog. She’s a school...
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Susan Aertker
- Jan 17
Guns in schools
Please complete this survey and tell them you don’t want teachers or other staff carrying guns into the schools:...
Susan Aertker
- Jan 12
What's the difference between the three different kinds of publicly funded schools in Florida?
Please send this to your state representative: Please propose a bill that will do the following in order to protect the revenue generated...
Susan Aertker
- Dec 28, 2022
Write the state Board of Education
Please write the state Board of Education to suggest specific changes to these rules BEFORE the meeting on January 18th. The best way...
Susan Aertker
- Dec 18, 2022
Please write your state representative!
You can find your state representative and contact them via their contact page. https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find...
Susan Aertker
- Dec 17, 2022
Accountability and transparency
The legislative session has begun and legislators need to get their proposed bills submitted soon. Please recommend suggestions to your...
Susan Aertker
- Dec 8, 2022
JASMYN
At the school board meeting on December 6th, people came out to speak on three topics: Part 1 Approve the sex-ed supplemental material...
Susan Aertker
- Dec 8, 2022
Please write your state representative
Please consider sending this to your Jacksonville representative or adjust it to fit your county's representative. Please consider...
Susan Aertker
- Nov 5, 2022
An understanding of the ramifications of stereotyping
An excerpt from Florida statute 1003.42(2)(g) which was signed into law in 1994: That is just part of Florida statute 1003.42(2)(g). Here...
Jax NOW
- Sep 24, 2022
Please come to the school board meeting on October 10th.
We need you to come as early as 4:30 pm or as late as 6 pm to complete a blue card. If you don't plan to speak, please write one of...
Education Committee
- Sep 23, 2022
Oppose teachers carrying guns in the schools
In Florida, state lawmakers passed wide-reaching safety and security reforms that also required schools to post at least one armed guard...
Education Committee
- Sep 13, 2022
Sex-ed
The school board met on September 12th. The supplemental sex-ed material was on the consent agenda until late into the afternoon. The...
Education Committee
- Sep 9, 2022
Ladapo’s rule 64DER21-15
64DER21-15 was the first rule signed by the newly appointed head of the Florida Department of Health, Ladapo. You can find the text of...
Education Committee
- Aug 26, 2022
Vouchers to private schools
Should private schools that discriminate based on race or gender get taxpayer funded vouchers? I posit that discriminating against...
Education Committee
- Jul 13, 2022
Elected School Boards Have NO Control Over Charter Schools
Duval county school board member Lori Hershey gives an excellent explanation and I encourage you to listen. She explains that the...
Education Committee
- Jun 15, 2022
Sales Surtax Citizen Oversight Committee
The chair of the education committee attended the sales surtax Citizen Oversight Committee meeting on June 15, 2022. This is her report:...
Education Committee
- Jun 12, 2022
Support for a dedicated revenue source for the public schools
The leadership team of the local chapter of the National Organization for Women encourages voters to vote YES on the school board's...
Education Committee
- May 10, 2022
Are we getting our money's worth with vouchers?
The customer of publicly funded education in Florida is the taxpayer, not just the parent and student. Public education is the...
Education Committee
- Apr 22, 2022
2022 legislation pertaining to K-12 public schools that we supported or opposed
We supported: SB 532 Stewart HB 429 Goff-Marcil: It would have increased oversight for the vouchers to private schools. It failed to...
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