SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS APPOINTED TO FDOE TASKFORCE

The Florida Department of Education has appointed Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho to the Commissioner’s Taskforce on Inclusion and Accountability. The 18-member taskforce consists of superintendents, parents, teachers, principals, and school district administrators from Miami-Dade and other Florida school districts. The taskforce was created to develop an implementation plan to include students with disabilities, students who are learning the English language, and students enrolled in exceptional student education centers in Florida’ school accountability system and to create recommendations for consideration by the U.S. Department of Education regarding Florida’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act flexibility waiver.  
 
“I am heartened by the level of comprehensive stakeholder inclusiveness and representation that the taskforce reflects and am hopeful that this statewide dialogue, in consultation with the Federal government, will result in policy recommendations that strike a balance between the best interest of ELL and ESE students and the respect and dignity afforded those who teach them,” said Carvalho.
 
Agustin Grana, the 2012 Francisco R. Walker Miami-Dade County Teacher of the Year, was also appointed to the taskforce.

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