1. FL Dept Rev - DOR News Florida Department of Revenue News State law allows Florida PTOs, PTAs to buy tax-free http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

2. Logic, Facts, And Educational Controversy A Weekly Column By PTAs and PTOs contribute more, as do private corporations. December 18, 2000 Alligator StewDecember 11, 2000 The Florida Election Controversy http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

3. Florida Diagnostic Learning Resources Center Parent Training Parent/Professional training's in True Colors and other related training's for SIT Teams, PTAs, PTOs, and facilities. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

4. PTOtoday Online March 2000 Chalk Talk PTOtoday is dedicated to helping school parent groups (like PTOs and PTAs) help their schools with information on fundraising, playgrounds, parent http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

5. PTOtoday Online Chalk Talk - PTO News From Around The Country PTOtoday is dedicated to helping school parent groups (like PTOs and PTAs) help their schools with information on fundraising, playgrounds, parent http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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7. The Latest PTO/PTA News PTO Today AUGUST 22, 2003 Foster Grandparents in Florida donate wisdom and with declining involvement, forgetting that many of those PTAs are likely now http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. SDR CPR 2 RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CHAPTER 2 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. Microsoft Word - 6_Personnel-General.doc 231.001, Florida Statutes Law Implemented Section 230.23(5), Florida Statutes Adopted 11/16/99 2 62 EMPLOYEES HOLDING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. Editorial Matters Stories. PTAs are mostly white and female That's why the PTA is piloting an Hispanic Outreach Initiative in California, Florida and Texas. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. FL Dept Rev - DOR News florida Department of Revenue News State law allows florida ptos, ptas to Under current law, florida ptos and ptas that are involved in K-12 schools http://www.myflorida.com/dor/news/news082002.html

Home Businesses Child Support Forms ... DOR News August 20, 2002 STATE LAW ALLOWS FLORIDA PTOs, PTAs TO BUY TAX-FREE As more than 2 million Florida students head back to school, Florida law is helping the state's Parent-Teacher Organizations and Parent-Teacher Associations stretch their budgets a little further by making it easier for them to make purchases or leases tax-free, the Florida Department of Revenue announced Tuesday. Under current law, Florida PTOs and PTAs that are involved in K-12 schools may qualify for a Florida sales tax exemption, allowing them to buy taxable items and lease property tax-free. To receive tax-free purchasing status, PTAs and PTOs should apply for a Consumer's Certificate of Exemption from DOR. Applying for the consumer's certificate of exemption is simple and easy. Application forms (form DR-5) are available on-line, by fax or from any DOR service center. Some restrictions to the exemption apply, however: The PTO or PTA may use its Consumer's Certificate of Exemption only for direct purchases and leases using the PTO's or PTA's own funds. If PTO or PTA members make purchases with personal funds on behalf of the organization, those purchases are

12. FL Dept Rev - DOR News Release Archive 2002 August 20, 2002, STATE LAW ALLOWS florida ptos, ptas TO BUY TAXFREE. August 19, 2002, BROWARD COUNTY BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED FOR USING WORTHLESS CHECK TO PAY http://www.myflorida.com/dor/news/news_2002.html

Home Businesses Child Support Forms ... Taxes Search news archive Exact match Any match Earn rewards by helping DOR catch tax cheats News media contact 2002 News headlines December 19, 2002 BUSINESSES PREPARE TO USE ELECTRONIC FILING FOR MAJOR STATE TAXES; LAW TAKES EFFECT IN JANUARY December 19, 2002 STATE AGENCIES LAUNCH "DON'T THROW OUT THE GREEN" CAMPAIGN TO HELP FARMERS RETAIN PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION December 19, 2002 LOCAL SALES TAX RATES RISING IN SIX COUNTIES December 12, 2002 STUART YACHT DEALER ARRESTED IN $361,000 TAX THEFT CASE December 5, 2002 TALLAHASSEE AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOP OWNER ARRESTED IN $198,000 TAX THEFT December 5, 2002 BROWARD RESTAURANT OWNER PLEADS GUILTY, PAYS $100,000 IN TAX THEFT CASE November 27, 2002 FERNANDINA BEACH AUTO BUSINESS OWNER ARRESTED IN TAX VIOLATIONS CASE November 15, 2002 BROWARD RESTAURANT OWNER ARRESTED IN $38,000 TAX THEFT CASE November 15, 2002 BRANDON AUTO REPAIR SHOP OWNER ARRESTED IN $21,000 TAX THEFT CASE October 29, 2002 PANAMA CITY RESTAURANT OWNER ARRESTED IN $7,000 TAX THEFT CASE October 22, 2002 WEST PALM BEACH COUPLE ARRESTED IN $341,000 TAX THEFT CASE

13. The Role Of The PTA - Florida - GreatSchools.net These clubs serve many of the same functions as ptas, but operate as One thing is clear The number of ptos is growing. ptos even have their own http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/fl/29/parent

Back to School Tips and Resources Change State Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington DC West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming School Name or District and/or City Home Compare Schools My School List Back to School ... About Us GreatSchools Insider premium content - Sign In Here or Learn More - denotes premium content Article Tools Print This Article Email This Article Sign-up For Newsletters Give Us Your Feedback The Role of the PTA (Page 1 of 2) The PTA is a powerful organization affiliated with many schools across the country. Read on for information about what the PTA does at school, and how you can join the club. By GreatSchools.net Staff If you picture the PTA as just a small crew of moms who meet now and then to plan bake sales, you may be in for a big surprise. The Parent Teacher Association, or PTA , is a huge and very influential nationwide organization with state and local affiliates throughout the country. The national PTA is headquartered in Chicago and promotes parent involvement in school communities. It is also a powerful lobbying organization in state legislatures and in Washington, D.C., advocating on behalf of students and schools. PTA vs. PTO

14. Manatee County Schools Curriculum And Instruction Team Directory including ptas/ptos, School Advisory Councils (SAC), volunteer programs, FCAT Explorer is a free, online educational program for florida s students http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/curriculum/parent/parent.htm

Subject Area Homework reinforces skills and concepts studied in the classroom. You can encourage good homework habits by setting aside a regular homework time, by providing materials and a well-lighted place to do homework and by helping plan ahead for project deadlines. Manatee County believes strongly in the importance of parent and community involvement in the schools. Parents and others may choose from among many avenues of involvement including PTAs/PTOs, School Advisory Councils (SAC), volunteer programs, booster clubs, and more. Contact your school for additional information. During the 2005-2006 school year, ask for your students' Progress Reports on: September 7th November 9th February 1st April 19th. Report Cards will be completed by teachers on: October 7th January 3rd March 13th May 26th. Be sure to contact the teacher with any questions or to discuss your student's progress. Manatee County School Sites This site provides parents with school information such as phone numbers, directions, bus routes, school zone maps, and the school web site. FCAT Explorer FCAT Explorer is a free, online educational program for Florida's students that reinforces reading and math skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards. Students need a sign-in name and a password that they receive from their teacher.

15. Parents Students Parents and others may choose from among many avenues of involvement including ptas/ptos, School Advisory Councils (SAC florida Department of Education. http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/curriculum/new_page_5.htm

16. ACE/FAAE - Programs - Providing Models Of Excellence Arts educators across florida, whether the teach in public or private schools, school boards, principals,ptas/ptos, localACE coalitions, or state arts http://www.faae.org/content/programs/excellence.asp

Home About Us General Information Mission and Vision Statements ... Contact Us Search: Home Login Membership Contact Us Programs Providing Models of Excellence Arts educators across Florida, whether the teach in public or private schools, museums, fine and performing arts centers, studios, or in a home-schooling setting, benefit from having models from which to learn. Whether the models below are directly emulated or whether they inspire growth and student achievement, each serves to highlight successful schools, students, teachers, and their excellent work. Arts Achieve! 2005 Dissemination and implementation of the work done in Arts Achieve! 2003. A video (in CD-ROM format) has been developed for the purpose of sharing practices successful in addressing item specifications assessed in the FCAT. Continued focus will be on the K-3 student population in visual art and music classes, subjects that are naturally engaging to students at this age. CD and literature are available. Advanced Placement Courses in Visual Art and Music Advance Placement courses have been found to have a very positive impact on improving the academic climate in challenged schools. ACE/FAAE has been engaged in working with two such Florida schools, with a focus on the process of engaging teachers and studentsin AP study. Arts Recognition Scholarship Program This signature program annually recognizes twenty-four high school seniors who have demonstrated exemplary talents in music, media, dance, theatre, and visual arts. They are awarded $1,000 scholarships on the basis of artistic merit and academic excellence, which are intended to assist students with pursuing further study in their chosen art form.

17. PTA florida PTA. Link to florida PTA. http//www.floridapta.org/. National PTA ptas Lose Ground as ptos Gain Saturday, October 16, 2004 http://www.parentdirectededucation.org/PTA-PTO.htm

Parent-Directed Education Florida PTA Link to Florida PTA. http://www.floridapta.org/ National PTA Link to National PTA. http://www.pta.org/index.stm PTOs Lure Parents Sick of Split PTA Dues By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 19, 2004; Page A09 Michele Foster had a simple recruiting pitch: Pay $6 a year to join the Parent-Teacher Association chapter at Desert Mountain School and thereby help improve the Phoenix elementary school. But the money's path was slightly more complicated and, to Foster, troubling. Last fall, the chapter with 270 members had to pay $1,080, more than half of the dues it collected, to state and national PTA offices. "It killed me," said Foster, then secretary of the PTA, whose son attends the school. "We were sending them money and not getting anything in return." So this year, parents at Desert Mountain decided to disband the PTA and form a Parent Teacher Organization, a nearly identical group except that members of PTOs pay no dues to a state or national organization. Desert Mountain is one of thousands of PTA groups that have voted to leave the national association in recent years. The PTA's national membership has declined steadily from a high of 12.1 million in 1963 to 5.9 million last year.

18. Beyond Bake Sales In florida, about 26 percent of the schools have ptas. These ptos strongly encourage parents to become active participants in educational http://www.educationpolicy.org/files/bakesales.htm

Beyond Bake Sales by Charlene K. Haar, EPI President Hardly a week goes by without another article encouraging parental involvement in education accompanied by a poll showing the benefits of having parents active in their child's education. Busy parents have long been engaged in volunteer work within classrooms, extra-curricular activities, on school playgrounds, and at home. Today, however, parents who are contributing more time and money feel like they are resources to be tapped rather than major stakeholders in the system. Parents are turning to traditional parent-teacher groups for help. The question is: What kind of help can they expect? The century old National Congress of Parents and Teachers (PTA), has been a long-time proponent of parental involvement. The PTA has local affiliates in slightly over one-fifth of the K-12 schools in the United States. In Florida, about 26 percent of the schools have PTAs. However, all is not well with the PTA. At the PTA's national convention in Kansas City, Missouri, last June, most states reported no membership increases, while many states reported membership losses. Some states, like Indiana, have seen significant dropout rates. In 1994, the Indiana PTA lost 3,384 members and at least 9,000 members quit in 1996. In my opinion, there are several reasons for this decline.

19. Logic, Facts, And Educational Controversy -- A Weekly Column By Myron Lieberman ptas and ptos contribute more, as do private corporations. The florida Election Controversy Implications for EducationPart II-December 4, 2000 http://www.educationpolicy.org/MLcolumn/MLcolumn-052101.htm

Home Reform Briefs Newsletter Pubs List ... E-mail EPI Building a Competitive Education Industry A Weekly Column by Myron Lieberman [EPI welcomes reader feedback Logic, Facts, and Educational Controversy One of the most depressing aspects of educational controversy in the United States it the abysmal intellectual level of the arguments for and against school choice. On this point, I see very little difference between its supporters and its opponents, but let me begin with an example on the supporters' side. The example is the assertion, iterated and reiterated, that more money won't improve education. The proof is supposed to be in the fact that educational expenditures have increased steadily since the 1960s but meanwhile achievement levels have stagnated or declined. Actually, expenditures for K-12 education have increased much more than is revealed by government expenditures. First of all, the government statistics on the issue substantially understate government spending for public education, an issue to be discussed in future columns. Furthermore, private expenditures for public education have also increased in recent years. Public school districts receive more support from philanthropic foundations than ever before. PTAs and PTOs contribute more, as do private corporations. Thus from the financial side, public education has been receiving more support on an inflation adjusted basis than in the years preceding the Great Society and higher levels of inflation-adjusted government spending for public education. Nevertheless, this does not prove that the critics of public education assert, to-wit, that more spending for public education will not improve achievement levels.

20. Are You Covered : Insurance | PTO Today Elementary School PTA in Riverview, florida, considers insurance “a must.” “A lot of ptos and ptas have the impression that the school covers them, http://www.ptotoday.com/0801insurance.html

PTO Today Magazine Article Archives Are You Covered? Too many parent groups are putting themselves (and their leaders) at risk by foregoing insurance coverage. Our experts can walk you through the fine print and the next steps. By Vanessa Parks With a moon bounce, three-legged races, and popcorn machines, most PTO volunteers see a carnival as a festive way to boost school spirit, raise some money, and, of course, have a little fun. But from where Elgin Allen sits, that same carnival looks more like a little shop of horrors. The moon bounce? A chance for someone to get hurt, perhaps seriously. Ditto the three-legged race. The popcorn machine? A fire hazard. And while many parent group leaders assume (or are told by a school administrator) that their group is covered by a school or district insurance policy, experts strongly recommend that parent leaders confirm that assumption before taking a large risk. Do we really need insurance? Which policies should we purchase? The third category is property coverage, which protects personal property, including fundraising merchandise, against damage or loss due to theft or natural disasters. If that copier you purchase for your PTO is ruined in a flood or that $20,000 shipment of candy melts due to a refrigerator power outage, then your relatively inexpensive property coverage could come in handy. The PTO Today Plus Advantage Until the advent of PTO Today Plus (formerly the National PTO Network), independent parent groups really only had three unattractive options for insurance: 1) no coverage at all; 2) quite expensive coverage from a local insurer (with no/little parent group experience); or 3) coverage from a parent group specialist without the benefit of a group rate or group expertise.

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