PTA dad takes on Republican who earned thousands from charter schools
By Oliver Willis - October 11, 2018
PTA president David Perez, a public school advocate, has vowed to fight "all attempts to shift public funds to for-profit charter schools."
A Florida father who leads the PTA at his local elementary school is taking on a Republican state representative who has earned hundreds of thousands from the charter school industry.
David Perez, PTA president of North Hialeah Elementary, located near Miami, is running for seat Florida Senate. He has vowed to fight against “all attempts to shift public funds to for-profit charter schools.”
Perez’s opponent, Manny Diaz Jr., who currently currently a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, has used his position in politics to help steer business toward charter schools, and in the process has enriched himself.
Diaz backed legislation, later signed into law by Republican governor Rick Scott, that allowed charter schools to hire teachers who haven’t been licensed by the state.
Parent groups and teachers’ unions opposed the bill, but Diaz pushed it along from his position as chairman of the Florida House’s PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee.
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