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A proposed law for Florida seeks merit pay for teachers; major school districts nervous
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Officials of teachers’ unions in Broward and Miami-Dade are wary of a newly filed bill that establishes teachers pay based on performance and places limitations on tenure. -
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Hospital commissioner dodges a legal bullet but still faces ethics investigation
By Thomas Francis
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward State Attorney’s Office will not file criminal charges against Joseph Cobo, a powerful hospital commissioner accused of exploiting his public position for private gain. But prosecutors who investigated those allegations found reason to alert the state’s ethics enforcement board. -
House sponsor quickly withdraws “nuclear bomb” of Florida pension reform
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Hammered with “thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls” from angry police officers across the state, a rookie legislator Thursday withdrew his week-old bill seeking to overhaul Florida’s public retirement plans. -
Proposed overhaul of Florida’s public retirement plans would limit benefits, end popular DROP program
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
With the state facing a mounting financial crisis, a new bill has been proposed that would slash retirement benefits for state and local government employees. -
Florida shifting more public education money to private hands
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Millions more in state money appears to be headed to private education in what local educators say is a cost to public schools through the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Broward public schools face the loss of 430 students and nearly $3 million; Miami-Dade about 1,500 students and $10 million.
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