FAANS Reports
Currently the following items are of
major interest to nonpublic school generally and FAANS
specifically during the 2004-2005 school years.
- Voluntary Universal Pre K
FAANS, NCPSA, and CITA
were successfully included in the language of the bill
enabling CSF schools to participate in the VUPK if
they so choose. At the January meeting of CSF new standards
for Pre K were approved, bringing CSF standards into
compliance with those of FAANS and NCPSA.
The Governor
signed the bill in early January.
FAANS will keep abreast
of all initiatives important to implementation of this
program.
The VUPK web site should be checked frequently
for up-to-date information: http://www.upkflorida.org/
See
news releases concerning the signing of this bill into
law in the section on the CSF web site, Members Only>Legislative
Happenings.
- The next meeting of FAANS will be held in Tallahassee
on March 18th. This will be during the March Legislative
Session.
- The status of the legal challenge to the Opportunity
Scholarship Program is being watched closely. It
is currently before the State Supreme Court. While
the legal challenge does not include the other scholarship
programs, a ruling by the Court declaring the OSP to
be unconstitutional could set a precedent for other
suits against the McKay Program, the Corporate Tax
Scholarship Program, and the Voluntary Universal Pre
K Program.
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