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Education

The League supports Florida’s constitutional requirement to make adequate provision for the education of all children that is ‘uniform, efficient, safe, secure and high quality’.

Key issues of the League of Women Voters of Florida include:
• Charter school quality, management and cost efficiency.  See statewide study on school choice. issue-education-studies-actions-statewide-school-study
• Constitutionality of direct and indirect funding to support private schools.
• Impact of testing and school grade policies on teaching, learning and curriculum.
• Impact of school choice on school racial and economic segregation and local control of education policy.
Manatee LWV Education Key Goals Include
• Promote adequate funding and scholastic improvements to public schools in Manatee County.
• Encourage school efforts to achieve grade-level literacy.
• Encourage growth of higher education in Manatee County and funding for low income students.
• Hold programs on educational issues and take part in collaborative efforts.

LWV of Manatee County’s Education Committee’s 2019 – 2020 Priorities


Hot Topics Presentation – Charter Schools Accountability for Finances and Success – February 20,2020
A panel discussion. Shirley Brown, Sarasota County School Board, Mitchell Teitelbaum, Manatee School District General Council, Frank Pistella, Director of District Support.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBjfUi1HPI


Handout Materials from the February 2020 Hot Topics presentation on Charter School Accountability

Reference materials on charter schools https://lwvmanatee.org/charter-schools-references-of-interest/
Statistics and ratings on Manatee County charter schools Click Here


Join the Education Committee? Contact  Merrie Lynn Parker, ml.chickp@verizon.net

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League of Women Voters of Florida Education 

Twenty years later: The Jeb Bush A+ Plan Fails Florida’s Students

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Bradenton, FL 34206
Telephone: (941) 744-9692
Email: info@lwvmanatee.org

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