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or ida ne ed yo ur he lp. Th eir fu tur e depends on the quality

2.7 million students across Fl rew ards teachers who are doing
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of education in the of the ir stu dents, including those
a dif fer en ce in the liv es
whatever it takes to make or fac e a my ria d of modern day
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who are poor, disabled, lack paren ch ers who are tackling our greatest
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challenges. The bill req st ce ntu ry economy, closing the
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challenges – preparing stude ye ar ’s worth of knowledge in a
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achievement gap an
s they face.
year ’s time, no matter what challenge
Fl or ida Se na te an d Ho us e of Re pr esentatives to
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Florida’s Leaders Join a Majority in
support SB 6.
Jon Shebel
Rhea Law
Tom Feeney Chairman & Principal, Association of
Jason Albu CEO and Chair of the Board,
Former Florida Speaker of the House Reinsurance Brokers
Albu and Associates Fowler White Boggs, P.A.
and Congressman
Carlos Alfonso Paul J. Simino
Patricia Levesque
CEO, Alliant Partners, LLC and Vice-
Checker Finn CEO, OneSimpleLoan
Foundation for Florida’s Future
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and
Chair UF Board of Trustees
President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Christina Criser Smith
Alan Levine
Director of Major Gifts,
Melissa Barton Secretary of Health, Louisiana
Mother
Newt Gingrich Community Nonprofit
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of
Wendy Sartory Link
Representatives, General Chairman of David A. Smith
Dick Beard President, Akerman,
American Solutions Chair, Florida TaxWatch
President, R.A. Beard Company and Link & Sartory, P.A.
Member, Florida Board of Governors
Shannon Ginn Earl Smith
Mark Marsiglio
CEO, Ginn Construction President, Key Packaging Company
Christine Benjamin, President and CEO, ThinkCreative
AAR Landing Services
Clinton Glass Eric Smith
Bobby Martinez
Senior Vice President, Commissioner of Education
Allan Bense Member, Florida Board of Education
Balfour Beatty Construction
GAC Contractors
Brian Stahl
Curtis McClees
Paul Goldsmith, P.E. Executive Vice President,
Barney Bishop Owner, Winning Concepts USA, Inc.
President, CORE Engineering & Baskerville-Donovan, Inc.
President and CEO, Associated
Construction, Inc.
Industries of Florida Bob McClure
Nancy Stephens
President, James Madison Institute
George Blumel
Charles Gutierrez Executive Director, Manufacturers
President, Best Driver Resources, Inc. Association of Florida
Retired Bill McCollum
Attorney General
Jon Hage Susan Story
Philip Blumel
President, Charter Schools USA Chair, Florida Council of 100 and
President, US Term Limits Liza McFadden
member, Florida Board of Education
Community Activist
Frances Haithcock
Kevin Bowyer
K-12 Chancellor of Education Chris Sullivan
Partner, O’Sullivan Creel, LLP Nancy Peek McGowan
Chairman and CEO, OSI
Mother of five
Steve Halverson Restaurant Partners, Inc.
Sharon Burnette
President and CEO,
Retired teacher, Anita Mitchell
The Haskell Company Jack Sullivan
former Teacher of the Year President, The Mitchell Group
Principal, Sullivan Properties
and mother of three
Phil Handy
Jeb Bush
Former Chairman, Florida Dan Susik
Former Governor of Florida Kimberly Mitchell
Board of Education Senior Vice President – Finance and
President, West Palm Beach
Dominic Calabro Treasurer, Ryder System, Inc.
City Commission
Rick Hess
President & CEO, Florida TaxWatch
American Enterprise Institute Bud Swindell, CIC
Robert Morris
Vice President, Lori Swindell
Al Cardenas Chairman, Ramar Group Companies, Inc.
The Honorable Al Hoffman, Jr. Insurance Agency, Inc.
Cardenas Partners
Hoffman Partners
Gary and Renee Morse
Alan Caron Bob Taylor
The Villages
Owner, A.R. Caron & Associates, Inc.
Jim Horne Former Vice-Chair of the Council of
Former Commissioner of Education Education Policy Research
Marshall Mott-Smith,
and Improvement
Jill Caron, Mott-Smith Consulting Group, LLC
John R. Hunt
President, Caron Management Service, Inc.
President & CEO, First Avenue Linda Taylor
Katherine Moulton
National Bank Former Member, Florida
Colleen M. Castille Colony Beach and Tennis Resort
Managing Partner, Castille & DeFoor – Board of Education
Tom James
Go Green Strategies John Padget
Chairman, Raymond James Financial Kelli Valdez
Member, Florida Board of Education
The Honorable Chuck E. Cobb, Second Grade Teacher
Michael Jennings
United States Ambassador, Retired Susan Pareigis
Chair, Associated Industries of Florida Kate Walsh
President, Florida Council of 100
Betty Coxe President, National Council
Toni Jennings on Teacher Quality
Former Deputy Commissioner Todd Parker
Former Lt. Governor of Florida
of Education ArrMaz Custom Chemicals
Philip Ward
Marshall Criser, II
Julia Johnson Managing Partner, Ward Damon
Ira Paul
Former Member, Florida
President Emeritus, University of Florida Independent Voices for a
Board of Education Eric J. Williams
Better Education
Marshall Criser, III President, Global Logistics Support
President-Florida AT&T Industries, Inc.
Alex Johnston Group, GLSG Corporation
Mike Petrilli
CEO, ConnCAN
and UF Board of Trustees Vice President for National Programs
Joe Williams
and Policy, Thomas B. Fordam Institute
Stanley Davis
Peter Jones Democrats for Education Reform
Concerned Parent
Stan Davis Consulting Phoebe Raulerson
Mark Wilson
Former superintendent, Okeechobee
Paul Joyal President, Florida
Don DeFosset County School District, Former member,
President, Joyal Construction Chamber of Commerce
Chairman & CEO, DJD Group Florida Board of Education
Mark Kaplan Ellen Winn
Dr. AK Desai Carolyn Roberts
Member, Florida Board of Education Education Equality Project
Member, Florida Board of Education Former Chair, Florida
Board of Governors
Lisa Graham Keegan John Winn
Tracy Duda Chapman
Director, Coalition for Education Reform Former Commissioner of Education
Senior Vice President and General David Robinson
Counsel, A. Duda & Sons, Inc. Syniverse Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Daniel Kelly Mark P. Wylie
Scientific Director, Sanford-Burnham President and CEO, Central Florida
Peter Dyga The Honorable John Rood
Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona Chapter, Associated Builders and
Associated Builders and Former U.S. Ambassador
Contractors of Florida Contractors, Inc.
to the Bahamas
Joel Klein
NYC Chancellor of Education Brian Yablonski
Tom Eckert Peter Rummell
High School Teacher, Oldsmar Board, Foundation for Florida’s Future
Member, Florida Council of 100
Keith Koenig
President, City Furniture Roy Young
George T. Elmore Van Schoales
Community Representative President, Young van Assenderp
Education Reform Now
Dr. Matt Ladner
Vice President of Research, Dr. Zach Zachariah
Roger Erdelac Kathleen Shanahan
President, Blue Hawaiian Products, Inc.
Goldwater Institute Member, Florida Council of 100
Member, Florida Board of Education
Howard Lance
T. Willard Fair
CEO and President, Harris Corporation
Chair, Florida Board of Education
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