Teachers won’t get tenure, but charter schools will

[proud2BlibKansan]

Teachers in Florida will have no job security under the merit pay bill that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law last week, but charter schools can get 15 year guaranteed contracts under legislation in the works.

And both will have to do a really good job to earn their contracts – teachers for one year and charters for 15.

The House Education Innovation committee this afternoon approved changes to charter school law that would allow for creation of high-performing charter school systems. A charter operation with three or more successful schools could set up others around the state without jumping through as many hoops with local school boards as charter applicants do now. A school board would have to present “clear and convincing evidence” that an applicant should be denied, a measure that opponents said is much too high and would give the charter operations free rein to come in anywhere and set up a school. District school boards, as now, still would be left holding the bag to clean up a mess if anything goes wrong with the charter. Think Imani charter school in Orlando,where kids didn’t have books or computers this year and finances are scrambled.

more . . . http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_education_edblog/2011/03/teachers-wont-get-tenure-but-charter-schools-will.html

[Tansy_Gold]

1. Whatever happened to equal protection under the law?

Oh, never mind.


:grr:



TG

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I smell lawsuits all over a lot of this right wing legislation being passed

For constitutional purists, they sure ignore the constitution when it doesn't fit into their reality.

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Given the ruling in the US district court in Chicago re unions

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x801780

I think there probably will be lawsuits and rulings, and it'll go all the way to SCOTUS. And we know how pure the constitutional purists there are. :puke:

But we shall see. Court decisions have been overturned before and probably will be again.



TG, TT

[Moondog]

3. Elections have consequences. For good or for ill. They have consequences.

[MichiganVote]

4. These are not "consequences". These are budget give away's at the expense of families.

Children don't vote. The biggest "consequences" will fall on them.

HalliBurton Shit Schools here we come.

[LWolf]

7. Which is why it might be nice

for the Democratic Party to nominate and elect pro-public education candidates instead of supposed "Democrats" that include union-busting and privatizing as part of their agenda.

[SharonAnn]

9. Which is what Republicans do. Always. So don't elect them. There are consequences.

[dkf]

5. This tenure is all bassackwards.

You should only get tenure if you have years and years of exemplary service and have demonstrated only the rare deficiency.

[HockeyMom]

8. I would so like to SCREW Florida

but is it really worth it? I am an ESE Para transplant from another state. I started working at the school district in Florida at the age of 58. It will be 4 years for me this upcoming school year in August. I am already retirement age+. As much as you can have "tenure" in a Right to Work State, I already have it. At least these Republicans know that much about law. You cannot legislate laws Ispo Facto.

I was sent an email outlining the new retirement program. Under this new program, I would have to contribute 3% of my $13/hour salary to the pension plan for one more year, instead of the current two years, before I would be fully vested and eligible for a 100% Pension. New and younger employees would not get this.

I wonder how much they have thought about this? I have know many teachers who were retired from other states and came to Florida to retire and yet contined to work. What will they do? How about massive retirements, especially with decreasing the vested number of years. However, they are gambling that if all of us retire, they will get younger teachers, with one year contracts in a 401K type plan, no tenure, etc. Don't bet on it. Every current staff member I have every known is now telling all prospective education majors living in Florida not to to it, or barring that, get OUT OF FLORIDA.

I had planned on leaving Florida from the day I came here, and I planned to leave at the end of this school year. While it is tempting to stay just one more year to get their Pension, and spend it in another STATE too boot, I don't think I can last another year in this state: being 1,000 miles away from my kids, away from the 4 seasons and COLD, and living in a very liberal state.

I don't think the MONEY is worth it. There are too many factors in my life that money cannot buy. These Republicans, including my husband, just cannot understand that. However, it the end, it will come back to bite them in their butts.

[Fearless]

10. Welcome to Tea Party America. n/t