Monday, February 27, 2012

Florida WAIVER & FLEXIBILITY ~ Letter of Clarification from USDOE

February 27, 2012, Letter of Clarification and Direction from USDOE re: ESEA Waiver (PDF, 458KB)
February 24, 2012- Orlando, Florida...A broad alliance of Florida education advocacy groups including: Citizens for Strong Schools, 50th No More, Fund Education Now, Hillsborough PTA, Marions United for Public Education, Save Duval Schools, Support Dade Schools and Testing is Not Teaching announced in a joint statement today that they strongly disapprove of new rules proposed by the Florida Department of Education to include 2nd year English Language Learners (ELL) and Exceptional Students (ESE) in the proficiency calculations that produce a school’s grade.


http://www.fldoe.org/board/meetings/2012_02_28/flex.pdf

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