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State officials applaud Broward's payout plan to charter schools. The final tab: undisclosed
Broward County Public Schools avoided potential sanctions from the Florida Board of Education on Wednesday.
The district has been under pressure from state officials to pay out an estimated $80 million to the county’s charter schools.
The dispute dates back to a tax referendum that voters approved in 2018 to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to boost teacher pay and safety initiatives. It was money voters designated to go overwhelmingly to the county’s traditional public schools, with a fraction paid out to charter schools.
At the time, public schools weren’t required to share tax referendum money with charter schools, which are funded with tax dollars but are privately run.
Since then, court cases and a new state law have made clear that tax referendum money must be shared with charters. And Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, a former charter school executive and an ardent advocate for school choice, has been working to ensure charters are paid out what they claim they are owed.
This week, the Broward school board voted to approve a three-part payment plan with the county’s charter schools to dole out an undisclosed amount, beginning on July 10, 2024.
“Payment one — July 10, 2024. One third of the principal and interest then due and owed to all charter public schools,” Broward Board Chair Lori Alhadeff said, reading out the motion.
“Payment two — July 10, 2025. One half of the remaining balance of principal and interest then due and owed to all charter schools following the first payment with interest compounding at 1% per month, 12% annually. Three, payment three — July 10, 2026 the balance of all principal and interest then due and owed to all charter public schools.”
READ MORE: State officials say Broward district owes millions to charter schools. Here’s some context
The motion passed 7-1, with Board Member Allen Zeman voting against and Board Member Torey Alston having recused himself and abstained from voting.
The district had been addressing the claims of the charter schools in court, but rushed to settle the dispute after Diaz and the state board of education threatened sanctions.
Broward officials were hard-pressed to demonstrate to state officials that the district is in compliance with state law , which requires that charter schools be funded “the same as students enrolled in other public schools in a school district”.
At a meeting in Tallahassee on Wednesday, the state board decided to table any action against Broward until its July meeting.
“I’m very happy to hear that the school district and the charter schools have come to a tentative agreement — certainly what we had hoped for,” said State Board of Education Chair Ben Gibson. “And certainly beats litigating this issue for years without our students in all our schools getting the funding that they’re entitled to.”
State officials say they’ll continue to keep tabs on the district.
“I give you our complete assurance that we will continue to monitor this,” the state Education Commissioner told Gibson, “and have the board apprised of it so that the board can continue its oversight.”
The board had been poised to consider whether Broward was “unwilling or unable” to comply with state law. Possible consequences outlined under state law include formally reporting the noncompliance to the state legislature or withholding state funding.
Broward watchers were also concerned the dispute could be used to justify the removal of more Broward school board members — as Gov. Ron DeSantis has done in the past .
For a period of time in 2022, a majority of the board was composed of DeSantis appointees, despite the board representing one of the most reliably Democratic-leaning counties in the state.
How will Broward’s new superintendent deal with school closures, financial crisis?
B roward County Public Schools got a new superintendent Tuesday after Peter Licata unexpectedly announced his resignation due to health concerns, and now his successor has inherited all the many issues faced by the sixth largest school district in the country.
What are these challenges exactly and how will Howard Hepburn , the new head administrator, tackle them?
His first few hours on the dais may have shed some light on that.
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Fixing the ‘slow and complicated’ plans to close schools
The main problem in the Broward school district — and for Hepburn — remains the loss of millions of dollars because of shrinking student enrollment.
On Tuesday, the district’s chief financial officer, Judith Marte, said the loss of 4300 students over the next school year has translated to a loss of $39 million in state funding.
The Tuesday meeting was the day that Licata was supposed to have brought details about what could be done to downsize the district. At a meeting last month, he promised board members to provide a more concrete proposal, but instead he provided his resignation. Hepburn had already been working closely with Licata and Alan Strauss, the school district’s task-assigned chief strategy and innovation officer, on school closures. So the frustration board members felt after seeing how far the district was from having anything resembling a plan was aimed at Howard.
READ MORE: After chaotic meeting, Broward schools still no closer to plan on school closings
In the meeting, as district staffers said they plan to keep searching for specific plans to close or repurpose specific schools, the board pushed Hepburn to be more transparent and efficient. A board member called the process so far “too complicated” and “too slow.”
Hepburn said he will work to add more transparency and strengthen community input, and will bring details during the next board meeting on the topic.
“That May 14 workshop will include a lot of quantitative data that helps to defend the decision-making about why certain options were chosen, why certain school closures should be expected and also outlining next steps thereafter,” he said.
Broward charter schools’ debt settled
On March 27, the State Board of Education determined that the Broward County School Board was currently breaking state law and owes about $80 million to local charter schools.
The state board accused the local school board of not complying with a statute that requires the school district to proportionately share funds it collects from a discretionary tax with charter schools, which are schools financed by taxpayers but managed by private entities.
The funds at hand came from a 2018 voter-approved referendum. The charter schools sued the school district over it last fall.
The state asked the district in late March to show how it will start complying with the revenue-sharing requirements by April 17.
FROM MARCH: Florida education officials say Broward Public Schools owe about $80M to charters
On Tuesday, the Broward School Board met in a closed-door session with the charter schools’ attorneys to negotiate a settlement for the debt. After the session, the School Board approved a payment plan spanning from 2024 to 2026.
The School Board will pay one third of the debt plus interest on July 10, 2024, then one half of the remaining balance plus interest on July 10, 2025, and the full balance remaining with interest on July 10, 2026. All charter schools in the county will benefit.
Board member Allen Zeman was the only board member who dissented, but didn’t say why. Board Member Torey Alston abstained from voting “out of an abundance of caution.”
On Wednesday, Hepburn will likely travel to Tallahassee to share the news with the top education officials in the state.
Dealing with a budget worth losing sleep over
The dwindling revenue from the drop in enrollment, the charter schools’ settlement and a decision to approve teacher raises in late February have all taken hits on the school district’s nearly $6 billion budget.
On Feb. 27, the Broward School Board agreed to use nearly $20 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds to increase teachers’ pay But because it’s a recurring expense and the district won’t get more federal dollars, the district needs to cut elsewhere.
On Tuesday, the board touched on the topic, and Marte said the board will have to make “difficult decisions” to keep their financials in check.
“I’m probably losing more sleep balancing this budget than I have since 2008, when we had the Great Recession,” she said. In 2008, Marte worked as the CFO for Miami Dade County Public Schools. She stayed in MDCPS for nearly 15 years and has served the Broward school district for a combined total of six years since.
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“I’m not sleeping well,” she said, “and I dare say most of my staff isn’t either.”
Still, Marte said Hepburn has participated in the process even though he headed academics, so he could transition into that overseeing role easier than others.
“Dr. Hepburn has been intimately involved with working through the budget with me in a partnership level that academics historically in my experience hasn’t been involved. He’s been a tremendous thought partner. And he’s helped craft some of what we present as difficult decisions, but decisions that have to be made.”
Bible controversy leads to process review?
During Tuesday’s unpredictable meeting, Hepburn also dealt with the contentious issue of book challenges in schools.
Currently, the Broward school district allows any Broward resident to object to material used in public schools.
The process starts with them filling out a form detailing the objection. Then the director of the district’s Innovative Learning Department convenes a Superintendent’s Review Committee to review the objection. The committee uses a rubric to decide whether the material breaks any policies or laws, and then submits a recommendation to the superintendent. The superintendent then decides to follow through with the recommendation or not, and passes it on to the School Board.
Because the district received an objection to the Bible last year, an SRC met in December to discuss the objection and decided to leave the book in schools. Licata ask the board to approve that, and the board did. But the topic attracted a lot of public speakers who complained about other material and the process itself.
FROM 2023: See list of banned, restricted books in Dade, Broward schools
Toward the end of the discussion, Board Member Brenda Fam asked Hepburn to share his opinion on it.
“I won’t specifically provide an opinion, but I will confer that we have a specific process; our team follows through with that process,” Hepburn said. “When that information comes to me, I look at it with a fine-tooth comb, and support or do something different based on the recommendation.”
“Would you agree with me that that process has failed?” Fam volleyed back.
“Let me say this, we’ll review the process,” he said. “I’ve heard the feedback from the people in the audience on both sides of the issue. We’ll use a fine-tooth comb and review the process and make sure it’s working for everybody.”
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The tale of the Broward County School Board in the last two years has been one of state interference, politically motivated chaos, and of a select few individuals holding the district hostage. Their weapon of choice? Threats of a state takeover, removing board members who disagree with the governor from office, and financial penalties that would further punish the students of Broward County Public Schools.
In September 2022, an official on the State Board of Education called for the removal of the superintendent at the time, Dr. Vickie Cartwright, due to her enforcement of a mask mandate that the school board had directed her to enforce. Just months later, a Desantis-appointed majority on the school board voted to fire her . Two years later, history repeats itself. On March 27, 2024, Superintendent Peter Licata, General Counsel Marilyn Batista, and Board Chair Lori Alhadeff appeared before the State Board of Education, and this time, a member of that board called for the firing of Batista. The offense? She was doing her job to protect the legal interests of the district, something she was directed to do by the school board just two weeks prior. Days later, Desantis-appointed School Board Member Daniel Foganholi (who, as of this writing, according to the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office, is registered to vote in Coral Springs, not in the district he is supposed to represent and is running for office in) put an item on the agenda to fire Batista.
The issue at hand was Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz’s demand that Broward Schools pay tens of millions of dollars to charter schools even though there was and is active litigation between the Broward Schools and a number of charter schools over those funds. Why would the commissioner involve the Florida Department of Education in an active lawsuit, presumably trying to overrule the courts? One might wonder if it has anything to do with his long history of working for and receiving hefty campaign donations from charter schools. Not long after the Desantis-appointed commissioner sent his letters, a Desantis-appointed School Board member, Torey Alston, (who, as of this writing, according to the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office, is registered to vote in Fort Lauderdale, not in the district he is supposed to represent) brought an item before the board to pay all charter schools the money they believe they’re owed, again ignoring the litigation the district was involved in. It appears easy for the Desantis-appointed commissioner and the Desantis-appointed board members to make politically motivated decisions because they don’t have to answer to the constituents of Broward County. It appears that they only have one person to answer to, and that certainly isn’t the voters.
The students and employees of Broward County Public Schools are suffering as a result of this circus. The district continues to sink deeper into power battles and chaos, and Broward’s students, teachers and staff deserve better than a politically charged minefield. It is time for the school board to be an agent of change, not an agent of chaos. It is time for them to focus on real issues impacting the district instead of a few individuals’ political ambitions. From the mental health crisis our youth are facing to the financial pressure under-enrollment is placing on the school district, Broward deserves a board that is student-focused, not a few individuals doing the bidding of whatever Tallahassee regime is in power and making political appointments.
Alfredo Olvera is a Fort Lauderdale resident, local Realtor, Democratic Party state committeeman and president of The Dolphin Democrats.
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Therefore, it is the policy of Broward County Schools that meaningful and quality homework is required at all grade levels in all schools. The purpose of this procedural manual is to provide school personnel and other interested parties with both the current Homework Policy as well as the related procedural guidelines.
Homework fosters student achievement, independence, and responsibility and serves as a vital link between school and home. Therefore, it is the policy of Broward County Schools that meaningful and quality homework is required at all grade levels in all schools. Learn more about the District's Homework Policy
between school and home. Therefore, it is the policy of Broward County Schools that meaningful and quality homework is required at all grade levels in all schools. Authority: F.S. 230.22 (1) (2) Policy Adopted: 2/12/70; Policy Amended: 9/5/74; Amended Policy Approved: 9/15/98 Amended Policy Approved: 2/18/09 RULES: 1. DEFINITION: Homework is ...
Policy 6000.1 (Student Progression) and Policy 6306 (Homework) Changes . SUBJECT: POLICY 6000.1 (STUDENT PROGRESSION) AND POLICY 6306 (HOMEWORK) CHANGES RATIONALE: On September 14, 2021, The School Board of Broward County, Florida approved changes to Policy 6000.1 and Policy 6306.These changes must be communicated to teachers and upheld within school operations.
Therefore, it is the policy of Broward County Schools that meaningful and quality homework, which reinforces standards-based instruction be recommended. The School Board realizes that not every home has access to a wired or wireless internet connection. This will be taken into consideration when assigning homework to students. Authority: F.S ...
Policy 5090 Code of Student Conduct School Years 2023-24 through 2024-25 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PARENTAL RIGHTS Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) firmly believes a positive school culture promotes equal educational opportunity and ... and teacher cooperation in such areas as homework, school attendance, and discipline, so they can help their ...
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In order to register your child in Broward County Public Schools please use the checklist below. When you arrive at your student's school to register, please be ready to present valid documentation for the following requirements. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS (K-12) (School Board Policy 5.1 amended 6/15/16) Proof of Residence
Broward County Schools Homework Policy - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.
II. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (GRADES PREK-5) A. ENTRANCE AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS (F.S. 1003.21) 1. The following are included in School Board of Broward County (SBBC) Policy 5.1, Enrollment and Withdrawal: a. Initial entry requirements for prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. b. Health requirements for initial entry (F.S. 1003.22 ...
Live Homework Help. Broward etutor: Free, live tutoring/skill-building in math, science, social studies, English, foreign language and writing for students K-12/college and adult learners. Daily from 2 to 11 p.m. Help/test prep aligned w ith Florida standardized tests. Assistance is also available in Spanish.
School Years 2021-2022 through 2023-2024. THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A SAFE, ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND TO ALIGN WITH ZERO-TOLERANCE LEGISLATION AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. THIS POLICY, ITS RULES, AND PROCEDURES SHALL APPLY TO ALL ACTIVITIES OCCURRING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS ...
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Ask BRIA is a free homework and tutoring service available for Broward County Public Schools students after school, Monday-Thursday. Quarantined students unable to attend school can also get academic support with class assignments.
Prohibit cheating, plagiarism and any other dishonest practices in the completion of homework. This is an excellent opportunity to convey the importance of ethical practices and character building. Authority: F.S. 230.22 (1) (2) Rules Adopted: 2/12/70; Rules Amended: 9/5/74; Amended Rules Approved: 9/15/98.
determine if their child must stay home from school. Physical Health: Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) recommends keeping a child home if they have: a. A fever of 100.4 degrees F or higher, b. Sore throat, coughs, chills, and/or body aches, c. Rashes, yellow eye drainage, greenish-yellow phlegm from a cough or cold, vomiting, or diarrhea.
1. A "home education program" means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent in order to satisfy the attendance requirements of S.S. 1002.41, 1003.01(4) and 1003.21 (1). (F.S. 1002.01(1)) For students enrolled in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs, the compulsory school attendance requirement is ...
policy no. 1010 respect and civility in broward county public schools the school board of broward county, florida (hereinafter referred to as "the board") is committed to providing nurturing and orderly environments where students, staff, and the community may grow, learn, and work. the purpose of this policy
On Thursday, July 7, 2022, the Florida Department of Education released school grades for the 2021/22 school year. The overall results for Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) show continued progress on the state's school grades ratings. BCPS earned a District grade of "B," narrowly missing an "A" by one percentage point.
Broward County Public Schools will celebrate Take Our Children to Work Day on Thursday, April 25, with the theme "Inspire 2 Aspire.". Designed to go beyond a typical career day, Take Our Children to Work Day allows students to experience a real workday firsthand. Take Our Children to Work Day is a District-approved field trip.
This week, the Broward school board voted to approve a three-part payment plan with the county's charter schools to dole out an undisclosed amount, beginning on July 10, 2024. "Payment one ...
On Feb. 27, the Broward School Board agreed to use nearly $20 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds to increase teachers' pay But because it's a recurring expense and the district won't ...
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The School Board of Broward County, FL is the body which determines all questions of general policy to be employed for the administration of the District schools. Such matters of general policy shall be expressed through rules, which must be in conformity with the applicable provisions of the Federal and State constitutions, laws, and ...
The Broward County School Board approved a payment plan to settle a debt estimated at about $80 million with local charter schools on Tuesday. But that wasn't enough to get state officials ...
Broward County Public Schools firmly believes a positive school culture promotes equal educational opportunity and establishes the framework for a safe learning environment. The Code of Student Conduct is comprised of a set of policies, rules, and laws by which order is established and maintained for the benefit of all.
Broward County School Board member Daniel P. Foganholi during a meeting at the Kathleen C. Wright (KCW) Administration Center in Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 13, 2023. By Alfredo Olvera
The Board of Education is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to Policy IKB, Homework and Policy GEA, Board Appointment of MCPS Leaders. Draft amendments to Policy IKB and proposed Policy GEA have been available for comment since March 20, 2024, and the comment period will close on April 24, 2024. The Board's Policy Management Committee is tentatively scheduled to review public ...