May 1, 2013
New BCPS Process for Grades 6 or 9 for the 2013/14 School Year: Re-Registration Required
Parents
and/or guardians of students currently in grades 5 or 8 during the
2012/13 are required to re-register their child(ren) for the 2013/14
school year. To re-register, parents and/or guardians need to present
four documents to the school the students will attend.
@BrowardSchools thanks legislature for money but asks for funds in 2013, not 2014 and flexilibity
Yesterday,
the Legislature issued its Final Budget Conference Report. We
appreciate that the Legislature provides more than $1 billion for K-12
education in the State of Florida. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS)
share of the increase is approximately $93 million, as claimed by the
Legislature.
Legislature looks to speed release of school employee raises
Florida
lawmakers are looking to speed up the release of $480 million in school
employee raises one day after the House and Senate negotiated a budget
that proposed delaying them until June 2014…Broward Superintendent
Robert Runcie, however, said earmarks from the state tied up most the
new money. And when coupled with increased costs for pensions and
healthcare, they would leave Broward schools with a general fund
deficit. “This is an interesting game, as I see it, that’s being
played,” Runcie said, and called on Scott to veto the Legislature’s
conforming bill. “In some ways, I kind of liken it to a shell game.”
Teachers Pay Raise Bill Criticized
A
bill to give Florida teachers a pay increase is getting mixed reviews.
Gov. Rick Scott congratulated legislators, but United Teachers of Dade
official Karla Hernandez-Mats feels let down by them. Miami-Dade and
Broward's superintendents of schools, Alberto Carvalho and Robert
Runcie, said they were appalled by the plan.
School superintendents protest Fla. teacher pay raise delay
Two
South Florida education officials expressed their disappointment over
state legislation that would give some teachers a pay raise, but might
not go into effect until June of 2014…Broward Schools superintendent
Robert Runcie also expressed his frustration by making a gambling
comparison. "This is an interesting game, as I see it, that's being
played," he said. "In some ways, I kind of liken it to a shell game."