Victory!
Thank you for your efforts to stop the funding cuts to accelerated learning in Florida High Schools. Let’s celebrate this victory, and be ready to advocate for Florida students again, because sadly, this will not be the last time they try to cut important programs for our kids.
“A categorical grant proposal will make sure no district gets fewer dollars on accelerated courses than it did last year.
The Legislature has agreed to fully fund accelerated courses for high school students that earn them college credit.
The last Senate offer on a PreK-12 Education budget includes $596.7 million for Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) and Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) credits.
That matches a House plan proposed last week to cover those programs through a categorical grant. Both chambers now include the funding as an “Academic Acceleration Options Supplement.”
That means the structure behind the funding has changed from an add-on model in place for decades, but the dollars will be sent to school districts”