Early in the creation of our country, the importance of an educated populace was understood.  For a long time, our League has had an Education Committee that attended school board meetings, stayed abreast of important issues, studied the issues, and advocated for league positions.  Right now, the committee is on pause waiting for new leadership. If you understand the importance of education to our democracy and would like to provide leadership, info [at] lwv-alachua.org (contact Janice). 

Mission Statement

We study issues, take action, and lobby legislators and school boards in our efforts to seek positive changes for our students.

Key Issues

We will be monitoring:

• Locally approved funding initiatives: ½ cent sales tax, and one-half mill for Children Trust Initiative
• Local entity program measures, i.e. closing the achievement gap strategies, support for students with disabilities, school climate, student safety, and behavioral program
• BOOST after-school program board
• Support for:
• the elimination of for-profit-charter school management;
• providing stronger local control over all charter schools (fiscal management and accountability);
• student admissions and dismissals; and,
• civil rights enforcement for students with disabilities.

What Can You Do?