News & Public Affairs

Board of Education holds workshop on strategic plan listen

Listen to this entire show:

Tags: Florida Board of Education, readiness standards, testing, reading, writing

The Florida Board of Education held a workshop today at the Tampa Airport Marriott. Facing state revenue shortfalls that could affect education budgets, the Board reviewed a draft of a new strategic plan for the state’s education system.

The state Board of Education will submit its 2009-2010 legislative budget request to Gov. Charlie Crist on Oct. 15, Commissioner Eric J. Smith said.

The Board of Education examined aspects of the new strategic plan that Commissioner Smith called “critic...