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Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
SJR 1104 is moving in the Florida Senate.
The constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools passed its first committee stop.
Its House companion, HJR 583, is now on the Second Reading Calendar.
Here’s what to know and what comes next:
open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
The constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools passed its first committee stop.
Its House companion, HJR 583, is now on the Second Reading Calendar.
Here’s what to know and what comes next:
open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
SJR 1104 Advances in Senate; House Companion HJR 583 Added to Second Reading Calendar
What the constitutional amendment does, what’s already law, and what happens next
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
SJR 1104 is moving in the Florida Senate.
The constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools passed its first committee stop.
Its House companion, HJR 583, is now on the Second Reading Calendar.
Here’s what to know and what comes next:
open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
The constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools passed its first committee stop.
Its House companion, HJR 583, is now on the Second Reading Calendar.
Here’s what to know and what comes next:
open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Schools of Hope are state-approved charter schools that can be placed inside public school buildings — often without parent or community approval.
Here’s why that matters, and why proposed rule changes don’t fix the harm.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Here’s why that matters, and why proposed rule changes don’t fix the harm.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Florida’s Proposed “Schools of Hope” Rule Doesn’t Fix the Harm — It Expands It
Why the January 2026 rule changes still allow forced co-location, weaken local control, and put students last.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Schools of Hope are state-approved charter schools that can be placed inside public school buildings — often without parent or community approval.
Here’s why that matters, and why proposed rule changes don’t fix the harm.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Here’s why that matters, and why proposed rule changes don’t fix the harm.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Miami-Dade School Board is starting early planning for the next superintendent.
This step quietly shapes who qualifies and what priorities matter.
We’re watching and will share talking points soon
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
This step quietly shapes who qualifies and what priorities matter.
We’re watching and will share talking points soon
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
Miami-Dade School Board Meeting Watch: Superintendent Planning Begins
There’s an important item on the February 11 Miami-Dade School Board agenda that we’re paying close attention to — and parents should too.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Miami-Dade School Board is starting early planning for the next superintendent.
This step quietly shapes who qualifies and what priorities matter.
We’re watching and will share talking points soon
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
This step quietly shapes who qualifies and what priorities matter.
We’re watching and will share talking points soon
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/moms4lib...
What we’re watching this week in Florida education.
Week 4 includes second readings, special order placement, and key committee stops — where bills often move before most people notice.
We’re tracking it so parents aren’t caught off guard.
Full breakdown: 🔗 moms4libros.substack.com/p/florida-ed...
Week 4 includes second readings, special order placement, and key committee stops — where bills often move before most people notice.
We’re tracking it so parents aren’t caught off guard.
Full breakdown: 🔗 moms4libros.substack.com/p/florida-ed...
Florida Education Bills: What We’re Watching Next Week (Feb 2–6)
Florida Legislative Session | Week 4 | What to Watch
moms4libros.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What we’re watching this week in Florida education.
Week 4 includes second readings, special order placement, and key committee stops — where bills often move before most people notice.
We’re tracking it so parents aren’t caught off guard.
Full breakdown: 🔗 moms4libros.substack.com/p/florida-ed...
Week 4 includes second readings, special order placement, and key committee stops — where bills often move before most people notice.
We’re tracking it so parents aren’t caught off guard.
Full breakdown: 🔗 moms4libros.substack.com/p/florida-ed...
Miami-Dade parents, aquí estamos.
Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
February 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Miami-Dade parents, aquí estamos.
Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
Here are the Florida education bills we’re tracking right now — updated for this week of session.
We’ll post clear breakdowns and action alerts as votes approach.
Follow along and share with another public school parent 💙📚
Whenever lawmakers reduce school district requirements in the name of “efficiency,” families should ask:
Is this cutting red tape… or cutting accountability?
Is this cutting red tape… or cutting accountability?
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Whenever lawmakers reduce school district requirements in the name of “efficiency,” families should ask:
Is this cutting red tape… or cutting accountability?
Is this cutting red tape… or cutting accountability?
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📖 Welcome to The Unbanned Book Network!
This is a new program from WNDB designed to break the mold on what children are reading in classrooms while also combatting censorship, which disproportionately targets both diverse books and marginalized authors.
📖 bit.ly/UBNapplication
This is a new program from WNDB designed to break the mold on what children are reading in classrooms while also combatting censorship, which disproportionately targets both diverse books and marginalized authors.
📖 bit.ly/UBNapplication
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📖 Welcome to The Unbanned Book Network!
This is a new program from WNDB designed to break the mold on what children are reading in classrooms while also combatting censorship, which disproportionately targets both diverse books and marginalized authors.
📖 bit.ly/UBNapplication
This is a new program from WNDB designed to break the mold on what children are reading in classrooms while also combatting censorship, which disproportionately targets both diverse books and marginalized authors.
📖 bit.ly/UBNapplication
This article is about Orange County, but the same thing is happening in Miami-Dade. Florida is defunding traditional public schools while pushing vouchers and privatization. Public schools serve most students. They deserve full funding.
#FundPublicSchools
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/01/04/c...
#FundPublicSchools
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/01/04/c...
Commentary: Orange taxpayers invested billions in schools; why is Florida undermining us?
Orange County taxpayers, through a half-cent sales tax, are still doing their part to save our schools but the state and federal government are actively working to dismantle that investment.
www.orlandosentinel.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This article is about Orange County, but the same thing is happening in Miami-Dade. Florida is defunding traditional public schools while pushing vouchers and privatization. Public schools serve most students. They deserve full funding.
#FundPublicSchools
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/01/04/c...
#FundPublicSchools
www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/01/04/c...
📢 New rule in Florida gives charter operators access to district student data — including academic history, disability status & discipline records — without clear limits or parent consent. Families deserve to know how their kids’ info is used.
December 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
📢 New rule in Florida gives charter operators access to district student data — including academic history, disability status & discipline records — without clear limits or parent consent. Families deserve to know how their kids’ info is used.
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Thread: @clarasophiadaly.bsky.social @jeffsolochek.bsky.social @moms4libros.org @strongflschools.bsky.social
Meanwhile, today, I release my first report on Florida School Funding: schoolfinance101.com/2025/12/02/f...
Financing a High-Quality System of Free Public Schools for Florida’s Children
Press Release Full Report Slide Deck Executive Summary The report that follows draws on a) literature on how and why money matters for improving school quality and the quality of education systems …
schoolfinance101.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Están eliminando la supervisión pública de las escuelas charter.
Se financian con dinero público, pero no podemos exigirles rendición de cuentas cuando fracasan o violan los derechos civiles de los niños.
Juntas no electas solo rinden cuentas al Gobernador, no al pueblo.
Se financian con dinero público, pero no podemos exigirles rendición de cuentas cuando fracasan o violan los derechos civiles de los niños.
Juntas no electas solo rinden cuentas al Gobernador, no al pueblo.
'A parallel system': Miami-Dade school district to be cut out of decisions about charter schools
Miami Dade College will soon begin to authorize new charter schools, according to a presentation reviewed by WLRN, cutting out the school district. “If it's going to be funded by public dollars, in my...
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Están eliminando la supervisión pública de las escuelas charter.
Se financian con dinero público, pero no podemos exigirles rendición de cuentas cuando fracasan o violan los derechos civiles de los niños.
Juntas no electas solo rinden cuentas al Gobernador, no al pueblo.
Se financian con dinero público, pero no podemos exigirles rendición de cuentas cuando fracasan o violan los derechos civiles de los niños.
Juntas no electas solo rinden cuentas al Gobernador, no al pueblo.
They’re cutting taxpayers out of oversight of charter schools.
We fund them with public dollars, but can’t hold them accountable when they fail or violate children’s civil rights.
Unelected boards answer only to the Governor — not the public.
Read more: bit.ly/MDCPS-Charters
We fund them with public dollars, but can’t hold them accountable when they fail or violate children’s civil rights.
Unelected boards answer only to the Governor — not the public.
Read more: bit.ly/MDCPS-Charters
'A parallel system': Miami-Dade school district to be cut out of decisions about charter schools
Miami Dade College will soon begin to authorize new charter schools, according to a presentation reviewed by WLRN, cutting out the school district. “If it's going to be funded by public dollars, in my...
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
They’re cutting taxpayers out of oversight of charter schools.
We fund them with public dollars, but can’t hold them accountable when they fail or violate children’s civil rights.
Unelected boards answer only to the Governor — not the public.
Read more: bit.ly/MDCPS-Charters
We fund them with public dollars, but can’t hold them accountable when they fail or violate children’s civil rights.
Unelected boards answer only to the Governor — not the public.
Read more: bit.ly/MDCPS-Charters
📚✨ Join us for an unforgettable evening with @rweingarten.bsky.social as she discusses her powerful new book Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.
🗓 Tuesday, October 28
📍 Coral Gables Congregational Church
⏰ 7 PM
RSVP: bit.ly/Randi_Weinga...
🗓 Tuesday, October 28
📍 Coral Gables Congregational Church
⏰ 7 PM
RSVP: bit.ly/Randi_Weinga...
An Evening with Randi Weingarten
President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten joins us for her timely, essential new novel WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS
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September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📚✨ Join us for an unforgettable evening with @rweingarten.bsky.social as she discusses her powerful new book Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.
🗓 Tuesday, October 28
📍 Coral Gables Congregational Church
⏰ 7 PM
RSVP: bit.ly/Randi_Weinga...
🗓 Tuesday, October 28
📍 Coral Gables Congregational Church
⏰ 7 PM
RSVP: bit.ly/Randi_Weinga...
Randi Weingarten's new book just dropped today! Who would like to read it with me?
You can get your copy here, and using this link will also help us keep the lights on. #affiliate
https://bookshop.org/a/106250/9798217045419
You can get your copy here, and using this link will also help us keep the lights on. #affiliate
https://bookshop.org/a/106250/9798217045419
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Randi Weingarten's new book just dropped today! Who would like to read it with me?
You can get your copy here, and using this link will also help us keep the lights on. #affiliate
https://bookshop.org/a/106250/9798217045419
You can get your copy here, and using this link will also help us keep the lights on. #affiliate
https://bookshop.org/a/106250/9798217045419
La educación pública está en la boleta. 🗳️
Hoy es el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes — regístrate o verifica en 2 minutos en vote.gov.
#RegistroDeVotantes #EducaciónPúblicaca
Hoy es el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes — regístrate o verifica en 2 minutos en vote.gov.
#RegistroDeVotantes #EducaciónPúblicaca
Just a moment...
vote.gov
September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
La educación pública está en la boleta. 🗳️
Hoy es el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes — regístrate o verifica en 2 minutos en vote.gov.
#RegistroDeVotantes #EducaciónPúblicaca
Hoy es el Día Nacional de Registro de Votantes — regístrate o verifica en 2 minutos en vote.gov.
#RegistroDeVotantes #EducaciónPúblicaca
Public education is on the ballot. 🗳️
Today is National Voter Registration Day — register or verify in 2 minutes at vote.gov.#NVRD #PublicEducation
Today is National Voter Registration Day — register or verify in 2 minutes at vote.gov.#NVRD #PublicEducation
Just a moment...
vote.gov
September 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Public education is on the ballot. 🗳️
Today is National Voter Registration Day — register or verify in 2 minutes at vote.gov.#NVRD #PublicEducation
Today is National Voter Registration Day — register or verify in 2 minutes at vote.gov.#NVRD #PublicEducation
The education crisis is deepest in the Midwest & South.
These are the same regions where public schools face relentless political attacks. The results? Declining literacy, math, and science scores. Our kids are paying the price.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
These are the same regions where public schools face relentless political attacks. The results? Declining literacy, math, and science scores. Our kids are paying the price.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US twelfth-graders had lowest reading performance in three decades, report shows
Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on Tuesday that the administration of President Donald Trump pointed to as justification for its push to shrink the federal government's role in education in favor of more control by the states.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The education crisis is deepest in the Midwest & South.
These are the same regions where public schools face relentless political attacks. The results? Declining literacy, math, and science scores. Our kids are paying the price.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
These are the same regions where public schools face relentless political attacks. The results? Declining literacy, math, and science scores. Our kids are paying the price.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
“With conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself from the case, the 4-4 ruling left intact a lower court's decision that blocked the establishment of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/spl...
www.reuters.com/world/us/spl...
Split US Supreme Court blocks religious charter school
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major case involving religious rights in American education.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“With conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself from the case, the 4-4 ruling left intact a lower court's decision that blocked the establishment of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/spl...
www.reuters.com/world/us/spl...
Saying Florida is #1 in Education should always have had an asterisk. We may have been #1 in Higher Education, but K-12 we were always middle of the road. The DeSantis administration conveniently left out that part in their propaganda. Read more: www.usnews.com/news/best-st...
www.usnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Saying Florida is #1 in Education should always have had an asterisk. We may have been #1 in Higher Education, but K-12 we were always middle of the road. The DeSantis administration conveniently left out that part in their propaganda. Read more: www.usnews.com/news/best-st...
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📉 Teacher pay is rising nationwide — but Florida has dropped to 50th in the country.
Lawmakers have failed to prioritize public education. Our students deserve better. Florida can and must do better.
📝 Write your legislator and demand they do better → bit.ly/4k3Kek4
Lawmakers have failed to prioritize public education. Our students deserve better. Florida can and must do better.
📝 Write your legislator and demand they do better → bit.ly/4k3Kek4
May 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📉 Teacher pay is rising nationwide — but Florida has dropped to 50th in the country.
Lawmakers have failed to prioritize public education. Our students deserve better. Florida can and must do better.
📝 Write your legislator and demand they do better → bit.ly/4k3Kek4
Lawmakers have failed to prioritize public education. Our students deserve better. Florida can and must do better.
📝 Write your legislator and demand they do better → bit.ly/4k3Kek4
🚨 URGENT: Miami-Dade Commissioners are voting MAY 6 on fluoride in our water. The Mayor vetoed its removal — now we need your voice!
✍️ Write your commissioner TODAY. Tell them to UPHOLD the veto and PROTECT our kids' health. www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
✍️ Write your commissioner TODAY. Tell them to UPHOLD the veto and PROTECT our kids' health. www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
April 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🚨 URGENT: Miami-Dade Commissioners are voting MAY 6 on fluoride in our water. The Mayor vetoed its removal — now we need your voice!
✍️ Write your commissioner TODAY. Tell them to UPHOLD the veto and PROTECT our kids' health. www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
✍️ Write your commissioner TODAY. Tell them to UPHOLD the veto and PROTECT our kids' health. www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
The vote on HB 1539 is APRIL 24.
This is our LAST CHANCE to stop state-run censorship in Florida schools.
📬 Email your representative NOW: www.momsforlibros.org/oppose_1539
#StopHB1539 #ProtectTheRightToRead
This is our LAST CHANCE to stop state-run censorship in Florida schools.
📬 Email your representative NOW: www.momsforlibros.org/oppose_1539
#StopHB1539 #ProtectTheRightToRead
BILL ALERT: Harmful to Minors
🚨 Florida HB 1539 is a censorship bill in disguise. It removes local decision-making power from parents and educators and hands it to state officials—blocking students’ access to books based on…
www.momsforlibros.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The vote on HB 1539 is APRIL 24.
This is our LAST CHANCE to stop state-run censorship in Florida schools.
📬 Email your representative NOW: www.momsforlibros.org/oppose_1539
#StopHB1539 #ProtectTheRightToRead
This is our LAST CHANCE to stop state-run censorship in Florida schools.
📬 Email your representative NOW: www.momsforlibros.org/oppose_1539
#StopHB1539 #ProtectTheRightToRead
🚨 Miami-Dade may REMOVE fluoride from water.
The mayor vetoed it—now the Commission may override.
📧 EMAIL your commissioner today!!!
🛡️ Protect health, follow the science.
www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
The mayor vetoed it—now the Commission may override.
📧 EMAIL your commissioner today!!!
🛡️ Protect health, follow the science.
www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
Protecting Our Water: Urge Commissioners to Uphold Fluoride Veto
🚨 URGENT: Help Protect Miami-Dade’s Water! 🚰 Our County Commission is considering removing fluoride from our public water supply—despite scientific consensus on its safety and health benefits. 🛑…
www.momsforlibros.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 Miami-Dade may REMOVE fluoride from water.
The mayor vetoed it—now the Commission may override.
📧 EMAIL your commissioner today!!!
🛡️ Protect health, follow the science.
www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
The mayor vetoed it—now the Commission may override.
📧 EMAIL your commissioner today!!!
🛡️ Protect health, follow the science.
www.momsforlibros.org/protecting_o...
Apoyamos a la Sra. Melissa Calhoun de Satellite High por hacer todo lo posible para que un niño se sintiera incluido y seguro. 1/2
Brevard teacher first to lose job over Florida law requiring parent sign-off on preferred name
The Satellite High School teacher did not have written parental permission to call the student by an alternative to their legal name.
www.floridatoday.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Apoyamos a la Sra. Melissa Calhoun de Satellite High por hacer todo lo posible para que un niño se sintiera incluido y seguro. 1/2
We stand with Ms. Melissa Calhoun from Satellite High for doing her best to make a child feel included & safe.
We have to ask ourselves: Do we want classrooms where students feel respected and seen or ones where teachers are afraid to acknowledge their humanity?
Brevard Schools needs to do better!
We have to ask ourselves: Do we want classrooms where students feel respected and seen or ones where teachers are afraid to acknowledge their humanity?
Brevard Schools needs to do better!
Brevard teacher first to lose job over Florida law requiring parent sign-off on preferred name
The Satellite High School teacher did not have written parental permission to call the student by an alternative to their legal name.
www.floridatoday.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We stand with Ms. Melissa Calhoun from Satellite High for doing her best to make a child feel included & safe.
We have to ask ourselves: Do we want classrooms where students feel respected and seen or ones where teachers are afraid to acknowledge their humanity?
Brevard Schools needs to do better!
We have to ask ourselves: Do we want classrooms where students feel respected and seen or ones where teachers are afraid to acknowledge their humanity?
Brevard Schools needs to do better!