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I would like someone to tell me WHY the FL legislature HATES educators. Well, they hate PUBLIC school educators, yes? It's been fun to watch the feeding frenzy between the governor and his 'former' minions in the legislature. While Tricky Ricky has tried to buy back the favor of educators with his pittance offering of a $2500.00 salary increase, th...See MoreI would like someone to tell me WHY the FL legislature HATES educators. Well, they hate PUBLIC school educators, yes? It's been fun to watch the feeding frenzy between the governor and his 'former' minions in the legislature. While Tricky Ricky has tried to buy back the favor of educators with his pittance offering of a $2500.00 salary increase, the legislature refused to pass legislation to budget the $$. Instead, they want to add that $$ to merit pay. I do NOT know ONE teacher who has qualified for merit pay, period. The eligibility requirements are so ridiculously high, AND the fact that tenured teachers MUST leave tenure behind, do not leave very many teachers qualified for merit pay. Last I heard, the state claimed there wasn't any $$ available for merit pay. One young teacher I work with, who just started teaching two years ago, has already decided to leave the profession, starting in June. Several others I work with, are leaving the profession for personal reasons, but tell me that they will NOT go back into the classroom when they return to the workforce, unless they have no choice. Veteran teachers are retiring ASAP, so where will new teachers come from? We'll be back to the 'warm body' practice of hiring any person who meets minimum requirements and slapping them in front of students. Of course, the weakening of public education by the state, leaves the door wide open for charters, which is where the politicians want to go anyway. Let's face it, many charters have questionable hiring and labor practices. It's all so disheartening and unfair to good teachers and our students.
Hello all! I will be starting my last semester of my undergraduate degree this upcoming fall and am planning to move to Florida in the spring/summer 2014. I have been looking into getting my teaching certification for the state but I feel really lost and do not know where to begin! Any help/advice would be REALLY helpful! Thanks!!
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TALLAHASSEE — Charter schools will receive $91 million for their construction and maintenance needs, state lawmakers agreed late Sunday.
The figure represents a $36 million increase over last year's allocation. But it falls just short of the $100 million proposed by Gov. Ri...See MoreFacebook
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TALLAHASSEE — Charter schools will receive $91 million for their construction and maintenance needs, state lawmakers agreed late Sunday.
The figure represents a $36 million increase over last year's allocation. But it falls just short of the $100 million proposed by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida House.
The deal was struck during budget negotiations that lasted late into the night. It is almost certain to pass the two chambers and win approval by the governor. Related News/Archive
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"We're very pleased that the Legislature worked to get specific capital outlay dollars to charter schools," said Larry Williams, who represents the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools.
The one-time allocation will come out of the Public Education Capital Outlay fund. PECO dollars are generated from the state's gross receipts tax on cable, electric and land-line telephone bills.
Charter school advocates had hoped to secure a recurring source of funding for capital outlay projects this year. On Sunday, they acknowledged that the goal was unlikely to become reality before the end of session. That doesn't mean the fight is over for good. "We need to move forward with a permanent mechanism that automatically funds charter schools' capital outlay needs," said former state Rep. Ralph Arza, who represents the Florida Charter School Alliance. "The parents of those children deserve a recurring source."
Charter schools enroll more than 200,000 students statewide and are run by nonprofit governing boards that function independently of local school districts. Some are managed by for-profit companies.
Like traditional public schools, charter schools receive state money for operating expenses, including teacher salaries and instructional materials. But while traditional school systems can levy property taxes to fund construction and maintenance, charter schools cannot.
For the past several years, the Legislature has given charter schools an extra boost through the PECO fund. Those dollars used to go to traditional public schools, too. But because fewer people are using land-line phones, the fund has been slowly dwindling. State economists predict it will eventually dry up.
Opponents argue that charter schools should not receive taxpayer dollars for capital projects because their facilities are not public assets. They also make the case that charter schools were allowed in Florida because they promised to do more with less.
Advocates, however, say children statewide should receive the same amount of money, regardless of whether they attend traditional or charter schools. A steady stream of facilities funding, they say, would help level the playing field.
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I don't think this map considers the 3% pay cut we got from the ev il one, so subtract 3 (or add a -3) to the numbers for the real figures.
I would love to make the same salary I made in 2007. No joke, it was better than what I make now!
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