Thread by @FloridaEA

11am today @GovRonDeSantis will give the State of the State Address. We'll be monitoring & will provide live updates in this thread

While waiting for Gov. DeSantis to give his remarks, here are the issues FEA's 150,000+ members want lawmakers to focus on feaweb.org/wp-content/upl…

Unlike last year’s State of the State Address which spent a significant time discussing education, today it was mentioned just briefly in passing. @GovRonDeSantis did “reject reductions in funding for K-12 education.” On that, we agree. 1/4

But simply rejecting reductions isn’t enough. When FEA convened parents, students, educators, and community members last Spring for a task force on reopening schools, the overriding sentiment was that a return to normal wouldn’t be enough. 2/4
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The cost of underfunding education is borne by our students who are packed in overcrowded classrooms without the resources they need. Students who don’t have access to mental health care, students who are taught by long-term substitutes b/c of our state’s teacher shortage. 3/4

These students are the victims of the underfunding of Florida's schools.

We must not return to normal next school year; we must create a new normal where every student regardless of ZIP code, race or socioeconomic status can attend a fully-funded & fully-staffed public school.

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