Welcome to Part II! For the lazy, here’s the summary: The law is different here in Florida than in other places, the school board was on questionable legal grounds, the Lakeland City Commission is probably OK but could use some improvement, and we have definitely not seen the last legal development on this issue.
This is Part I. Part II has now been published. Many of my post ideas come from issues covered by the local press and this is no exception. Relatively recently, the Ledger ran a fantastic article about prayer at government meetings in Polk County. The article focused primarily on the school board. The article includes [...]
The Ledger is reporting on a new Supreme Court decision concerning the obligation of the government to educate students with special needs in private schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The article mentions a local case I blogged about in-depth last year, so I’m posting a link back to it for those who [...]
The recent hubbub over the Polk County School Board’s refusal to provide personal information about participants in its employee health plan has gotten me thinking about public records disclosure and using the legal system to effectuate social change. If you haven’t been paying attention, here’s what happened: