FL's Ed Commissioner and local boards clash over who's in charge of reopening schools during pandemi
With the new academic year looming in Florida, it’s not clear who has the authority to get thousands of children and teens back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The uncertainty in recent days surrounds a clash between state-level education directives and the powers of local school boards granted in Florida’s Constitution, according to public officials and education lawyers.
District after district would like to direct school reopening plans the way they want—based on their state Constitutional powers and particular needs.
But public emergency-related orders during the pandemic are coming down from Tallahassee from appointed Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran—who is a lawyer and a former state House Speaker but not an elected official.
Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2020/07/17/fls-ed-commissioner-and-local-boards-clash-over-whos-in-charge-of-reopening-schools-during-pandemic/
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