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School board reviews legislative platforms; asks consortium to drop private‑school accountability language
Summary
The Brevard County School Board reviewed draft legislative platforms from statewide and regional education associations during its Jan. 21 meeting and asked the Greater Florida consortium to remove a sentence on identical accountability for taxpayer-funded schools.
The Brevard County School Board reviewed draft legislative platforms from statewide and regional education associations during its Jan. 21 session and agreed to ask the Greater Florida consortium to remove one line members found problematic.
What happened: Board members examined platform documents from the Greater Florida consortium, the Florida School Board Association (FSBA) and the Florida Association of District Superintendents (FADS). During discussion the board focused on a consortium item that reads, in part, to “require all schools that receive taxpayer dollars to have the same financial and academic accountability measures.” Several members said the sentence could be read to impose state…
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