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Lawsuit challenges education amendment on Florida ballot
Lawsuit challenges education amendment on Florida ballot
Florida has the third-most charter schools of any state, and a constitutional amendment on its November ballot would give the industry new paths to expand. The problem, according to a lawsuit filed July 12 by the League of Women Voters of Florida, is that the six words in the measure that affect charters don’t convey the real meaning behind that portion of Amendment 8. “The Amendment 8 language is blatantly, and unconstitutionally, misleading,” said Patricia M. Brigham, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida. See the complaint filed by the League, here. Also read more at The Bond Buyer, the Tampa Bay Times and Florida Politics.
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Transition: John Delaney leaves UNF's new president a stronger university
After 15 years as president of the University of North Florida, John Delaney, 61, retired from academic life in May to resume a law career in Jacksonville. During his tenure, UNF increased student admission standards, transformed its campus with new buildings and became an NCAA Division 1 school competing in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Full story here.
Florida stands alone as sole state without federally approved accountability plan
President Donald Trump's administration has in many ways held up Florida's education system as a model for the nation. It's hired many former Florida education officials to top jobs in its own education department. Yet Florida's proposed plan to meet federal Every Student Succeeds Act standards is now the only one that remains unapproved by Secretary Betsy DeVos. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
How student loans are making some people abandon their dreams
Student loans are having a perverse effect, according to a sparse, but building, body of research. The very debt that's taken on to allow one to pursue their dreams can later morph into a burden that requires them to then abandon those plans and grab a job that will just pay the bills. [Source: CNBC]
3 Florida university leaders top $1 million in earnings
Three state university presidents in Florida earned more than $1 million in pay and other compensation during the 2016-2017 academic year, a new national survey showed. University of Central Florida President John Hitt, who retired last month, earned $1.28 million, according to the survey published Sunday by The Chronicle of Higher Education. [Source: St. Augustine Record]
› UWF holds Florida’s first Hacking 4 Defense course
University of West Florida undergraduate students are working as teams to come up with solutions to problems critical to national security as part of an eight-week pilot course that launched June 18.
› Jorge and Darlene Pérez donate $1 million to FIU Honors College
Miami’s billionaire condo king is making a big investment in South Florida’s future workforce. The Related Group’s CEO Jorge Pérez and his wife, Darlene Boytell-Pérez, have made a $1 million donation to Florida International University’s Honors College.
› Florida judge considers whether a college campus is a good place for early-voting site
Florida elections officials were wrong to block on-campus early voting sites in Gainesville and Tallahassee, lawyers for the League of Women Voters of Florida told a federal judge Monday. But attorneys representing the state argued there was no indication that college students — or anyone else — would have voting rights abridged.
› Glades County's Joy Prescott named 2019 Florida Teacher of the Year
A fourth-grade math teacher from Glades County was named Florida’s Teacher of the Year on Friday night. Joy Prescott was announced as the winner at a gala at an Osceola County resort. The teacher at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School was one of five finalists vying for the award.
Previous Education Updates:
- College crime surging back to pre-COVID levels. Here's the crime at Florida colleges, universities
- Florida student aid requests plunge. How many will delay or skip college?
- Florida schools have a teacher shortage. Why are they cutting jobs?
- Florida schools need more nurses. Can they compete with employers who pay more?
- Florida's MBA programs: Mastering the cyber industry
- Florida settles lawsuit over LGBT education bill
- $117.5 billion state budget pumps up education spending
- Florida lawmakers continue debate over school red tape, education spending and more
- Too many Florida kids are skipping school. What's being done about it?
