[NFBF-L] Fwd: Action Alert: Florida’s 3 million+ schoolchildren deserve better!

[Marilyn Baldwin]

Please review the information below. 

Marilyn Baldwin 
Board Member 
League of Women Voters of Orange County Fl. 

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> From: LWV Florida <comms at lwvfl.org>
> Date: February 15, 2021 at 9:45:25 AM EST
> To: CommMDB at aol.com
> Subject: Action Alert: Florida’s 3 million+ schoolchildren deserve better!
> Reply-To: comms at lwvfl.org
> 
> 
> ACTION ALERT
> 
> 
> 
> Your Action is Needed Now:
> Education
> 
> SB 48 will be presented in the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on WEDNESDAY (2/17/2021) at 3:30 p.m. (EST).
> 
> A bill moving through the legislative process is attempting to divert more tax dollars away from public schools and further remove public oversight, transparency and accountability.
> 
> The League of Women Voters of Florida hosted a Lunch & Learn program dedicated soely to the detriments this legislation will cause. Click here to watch the program which features Rev. Rachel Gunter Shapard of Pastors for Florida Children.
> 
> If passed, SB 48 would expand eligibility for school-voucher programs, consolidate existing choice programs and allow parents to use taxpayer-backed education savings accounts for private schools and other costs.
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> Private schools that take state scholarships also do not have to meet state standards for teacher qualifications, facilities, curriculum or finances. Also, within the last calendar year, evidence has been presented that private schools that accept state money are currently able to discriminate against some of the state’s students without any repercussions.
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> SB 48 will outsource the oversight of Florida’s $1 billion voucher program to private organizations that will profit from the program expansion. There is no local oversight from elected officials and private organization audits are also reduced from annually to every three years.
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> Florida’s 3 million+ schoolchildren deserve better. Every child in Florida deserves a thriving public school – and a government that will work toward this goal.
> 
> We're urging every Florida League member to contact the members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and encourage them to vote "NO" on this bill!
> 
> Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Members and Contact Information
> Chair Doug Broxson (R)
> Vice Chair Manny Diaz (R) -- *Bill Sponsor
> Sen. Janet Cruz (D)
> Sen. Audrey Gibson (D)
> Sen. Joe Gruters (R)
> Sen. Travis Hutson (R)
> Sen. Kathleen Passidomo (R)
> Sen. Tina Polsky (D)
> Sen. Tom Wright (R)
> broxson.doug at flsenate.gov
> diaz.manny at flsenate.gov
> cruz.janet at flsenate.gov
> gibson.audrey at flsenate.gov
> gruters.joe at flsenate.gov
> hutson.travis.web at flsenate.gov
> passidomo.kathleen at flsenate.gov
> polsky.tina at flsenate.gov
> wright.tom.web at flsenate.gov
> (850) 487-5001
> (850) 487-5036
> (850) 487-5018
> (850) 487-5006
> (850) 487-5023
> (850) 487-5007
> (850) 487-5028
> (850) 487-5029
> (850) 487-5014
> 
> *If you are a constituent of one of these listed legislators please indicate that in your communication.
> 
> *For preference the email addresses listed above are clickable to write to legislators individually or can be copied and pasted into one message to save time.
> 
> Thank you for making these calls and writing these emails to help make democracy work!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Patricia Brigham
> President, League of Women Voters of Florida
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> League of Women Voters of Florida | PO Box 1911, Orlando, FL 32802
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