FundEducationNow.org believes success is possible only through a well - planned and sustained collaboration that includes the broadest spectrum of advocates.In addition, FundEducationNow.org is currently a plaintiff suing the Florida Legislature for failing to perform its «paramount duty» to provide a free, high quality, safe, efficient and
uniform system of public education as required by Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.
Not exact matches
Striking down the state's voucher plan for contravening the state constitution's requirement
of a «
uniform»
public education system, the court opened the door to challenges to the state's 350 charters, which, by definition, are not
uniform.
These
education experts have forsaken the reform consensus; they now argue instead for an improved version
of the «one best
system»
of American
public schools — which harks back to the Horace Mann - era conviction that a single,
uniform public -
education system, run by professional educators, is the surest path to both literacy and civic unity.
The Harford County
Public School
System maintains a reasonably uniform system of education for its youth, providing educational experiences and opportunities designed to meet unique student
System maintains a reasonably
uniform system of education for its youth, providing educational experiences and opportunities designed to meet unique student
system of education for its youth, providing educational experiences and opportunities designed to meet unique student needs.
Fund
Education Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Cons
Education Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a
uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality
system of free
public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality
education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Cons
education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1
of the Florida Constitution.
In a suit challenging the state's school finance
system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that its
education provision requiring
uniform public schools (Article X, Section 3) related to the character
of instruction offered in the
public schools, and not the size, boundaries or composition
of the school districts.
So she teamed up with other
education advocates to sue the state, arguing that Florida is violating its Constitutional obligation to provide «a
uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality
system of free
public schools.»
Instead, it is by complying with our state constitution and restoring a
uniform system of fully funded
public schools so that every student has an opportunity to receive a quality
education including a fully qualified teacher and low class sizes so that struggling students can get the help they need to succeed in school and succeed in life.
During the Great Depression the state assumed the major role for funding schools: «provided for the operation
of a
uniform system of schools in the whole State for a term
of eight months... and relieved the county board
of education of the responsibility for operating and maintaining the
public schools
of the county,» according to the 1933 School Machinery Act.
The Florida
public - school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new
education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a
uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality
system of free
public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed]
public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the
education of Florida's children.»