2023 HB 1069
Excerpts from HB 1069 to be added to Florida law effective July 1, 2023 Please offer feedback. Which parts of this bill apply only to the...
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Susan Aertker
- Jun 5
What do you think about vouchers?
It's not clear to me how much is in the budget for the voucher money that is being given away to subsidize homeschooled and private...
Jax NOW
- Jun 4
Thank you to the school board members who voted yes on the mask mandate.
Thank you to the school board members who voted yes on the mask mandate. Research is revealing that choosing the best mitigation...
Jax NOW
- May 30
Book banning and anti-LGBTQ laws signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Some of these bills were made less egregious before they passed the full House and Senate so if you remember that they were a lot worse...
Jax NOW
- Apr 22
The voucher expansion bill and the budget
Florida lawmakers are required to do one thing each year: pass a budget. And as the 2023 legislative session enters its final two weeks,...
Education Committee
- Mar 31
HB 1069-The don't ask "what pronoun do you use?" bill
HB 1069 has passed the HOUSE. The companion bill, SB 1320, is now in the Fiscal Policy committee but as of 3/31/2023 has not been put on...
Education Committee
- Mar 31
The Voucher Expansion Bill, HB-1
HB 5101 is the budget bill. Will it limit the amount that can be spent on the vouchers created by HB-1? This action alert makes it easy...
Susan Aertker
- Mar 8
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...
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 20, 2022
Book Banning
Please write the school board members and ask them to be inclusive when they select books for the school library. Please ask them to be...
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...
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