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Education Committee

Interested in Public Education? Join the Education Committee! Here are some ways you can be involved in supporting our local and state league positions and action issues:

Research and study the needs of Broward County Public Schools students
Develop ways to support civics education that reinforce and enhance what is provided in textbooks
Educate the public about education issues
Coordinate guest speakers on education topics
Attend BCPS School Board meetings as an observer

For more information, contact the team's chair, Margie Rohrbach.

To join the team forum click here Forum

LWVBroward Education Committee Projects 2025

Collaborate with the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
State of the Florida Girl Report Presentation
Unity in Action Event
Collaborate with the LWVBroward Young Adult committee
Civics Trivia Night
Civics Education presentations to high school students
High school Civics Education Contest
Develop Civics Education resources for teachers and parents
Support Broward County Public Schools
Attend School Board Meetings
Share news and information about public education

LWVBC Civics Wordle

Civics as a National Security Imperative | Civics | CSIS

Confused about School Choice in Florida?

Learn about the characteristics of District, Charter, and Private schools in this

LWVFL School Choice Brochure; Spanish Version

Celebrate your freedom to read!

Resources about Book Bans:

Book Bans in Florida's Public Schools

Banned Books Week. org

Top Ten Most Challenged Books

Report Censorship and Find Support

Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Ban Books in Schools

Attempts to Ban Books Are Increasing

Censorship by the Numbers inforgraphic depicting who initiates challenges, where challenges take place, what types of materials or services are challenged, and the reasons materials are challenged.

LWV of Broward County

Student Video Contest

“Why Your Vote Counts”

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Broward County Florida and Kids Voting Broward, an affiliate of Kids Voting USA, a nonpartisan, grassroots-driven voter education program committed to creating lifelong voting habits in children, increasing family communication about citizenship, and encouraging greater adult voter turnout.

View the winning videos at the LWV of Broward County YouTube Channel

First Place: "One Vote Can Make a Difference" by Shayane Jean-Paul, Atlantic Technical High School

Second Place: "Go Vote" by Tamar Aveus, Atlantic Technical High School

Third Place: "Reform" by Jewel Cross, Northeast High School

What this team is working on

Current Projects:

Create Civics Education resources for teachers, students, and parents.
Develop actiivities for high school students to promote civic engagement and active voter participation.
Advocate for legislation beneficial to Florida students

League of Women Voters of Florida: Spotlight on Education in Florida

Issues for Action
Latest on Education from the LWVFL
Additional Resources on Education - LWV Education Blog
Issue History and Study in Action
How You Can Get Involved

LWV of Broward Action Issues 2025

Review changing educational needs of Broward County students.
Support accountability in all schools receiving public funds.
Promote adequate and equitable funding of public education and oppose expansion of public funding of private education. (Per LWVFL position)
Support a curricular framework that has broad common standards developed by educational experts that serve as a guide to local districts. These frameworks should ensure diversity and prevent discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, nationality, and ability status, including the historic mandates to teach Holocaust, antisemitism and African American History. Curricular standards must apply uniformly to ALL publicly funded schools, including publicly funded colleges and universities. (Per LWVFL position)
Support Civics Education to increase civic engagement.
Support non-partisan elections of School Boards.
Support intellectual freedom in all publicly funded K-12 and post-secondary schools. All students have the right to materials and educational experiences that promote open inquiry, critical thinking, diversity in thought and expression, and respect for others.
Support Broward County Public Schools efforts to attract and retain highly qualified, certified teachers by increasing appropriations for teachers’ salaries, accompanied by measures to encourage excellence in teaching. (per LWVFL Study & Action, 2023-2025)

Education Legislation

How to track bills in the Florida House or Senate

If you want to track specific bills in either the House or Senate, you can sign up for alerts.

House: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/; on the far right of the navigation bar is tab “Tracking”

Senate: https://www.flsenate.gov/; on the far right of the navigation bar is tab “Tracker”

The Florida Channel Capitol Update - "Located in the state Capitol building, The FLORIDA Channel is a public affairs programming service funded by The Florida Legislature and produced and operated by WFSU-TV. It features programming covering all three branches of state government, and is Florida’s primary source for live, unedited coverage of the Governor and Cabinet, the Legislature and the Supreme Court."