Education Law

Florida court scrubs commission's controversial ballot initiatives

Florida's Supreme Court has removed three controversial, school-related constitutional amendments from November's ballot. All three had been placed on the ballot by a state tax and budget commission of political appointees that meets once every 20 years. Two of the three were aimed at rewriting the constitution to make private school vouchers permissible and undo a 2006 ruling by the Court striking down the state's original flagship voucher program, while the third would radically alter the state's funding structure for public schools.

NSBA praised the Court's unanimous decision. The Palm Beach Post editorial staff did likewise.

BoardBuzz weighed in on the commission's actions from earlier this year.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).