After attending the Hillsborough County School Board Student Forum, in which high-school students' opinions were heard, it came to our attention that Florida's lack of funding for education comes from our very own state legislator's inability to place education at the forefront of our state's issues. Currently each student in Florida receives $3,000 less than the national average per capita. We wish to change this situation that puts Florida's students at a disadvantage.

The Kansas Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards for Math and English/Language Arts in 2010 as the framework for the Kansas standards in these areas. Current legislation proposes to reverse the BOE decision which would be a financial and educational setback for Kansas.

In its January, 2012, McCleary decision, the state Supreme Court ordered the state to fully fund K-12 public schools as required by the Washington Constitution. In December, 2012, the Supreme Court chastised the legislature for its inaction on complying with the McCleary decision. Senators Rodney Tom, and Steve Litzow, among others, continue to promote a slate of bad bills that have nothing to do with complying with the Supreme Court's ruling. Washington is now ranked 43rd in student spending, $2,700 below the national average. It is time for the WA State Legislature to start obeying the law, beginning with reducing overcrowded class sizes

I am interested in reforming bullies in our school system. There are many resources available to the victims; however there is a huge lack of education and resources available to parents, schools and children in reforming a bully. In order to find a solution, we have to find out more, and provide a higher success rate at stopping that behavior. There currently are no interventions nor consequences for bullies. Parents of bullies should also at some point be held accountable i.e. like Florida's Truancy Law. Our children our the future of our world. Victims of bullies are in pain, but so are the bullies. In order to create change, we must provide the opportunity for all parties to have the necessary resources available.

I am interested in reforming bullies in our school system. There are many resources available to the victims; however there is huge lack of resources and education in reforming a bully. In order to find a solution, we have to find out more, and provide a higher success rate at stopping that behavior. There currently are no interventions nor consequences for bullies. Parents of bullies should also at some point helaccountable

Help save our School by releasing the Circuit Breaker Tax Relief. We are a small community, but United. We are petitioning for the release of this fund to maintain our schools open. Our district with limited amount of fund was able to turn around and avoid a state take over. Now our district is an example to be follow, don't destroy the foundation of public education which has help educate many of us.

Proposed legislation uses public money to fund For Profit private schools. This will be detrimental to our public school system in Tennessee.

About 40 students including myself, Madyson Pine, attend the Animal science and Horticulture programs at the HCCTC. We have been notified that our shops are going to be cut. The school board did not give us a reason to why our shops are being cut. Please help us get our shops back. Everything is hands on in our shops. We can not get hands on or the learning abilities at our regular schools. Education is important and they are cutting it.

My son Diego is a student at SF Community College. He is enrolled in a Library Science certificate program and only has a few units left to get is AA degree and transfer to a four year institution. My friend Allen is a union member who works at SF City College. he has been a valuable City employee for many years. The management has put the student and workers of San Francisco's Community College in harms way because of their incompetence at managing the funds for the College. It is possible that SF Community College could lose its accreditation and the school could close or if it stays open it is possible that students who are looking to transfer to four year institution will find that they cannot transfer their credits. San Francisco's City College is one of the institutions that is still affordable for workers like myself to send their children to. If it closes down, where will our children go? I ask for you support for the students and the workers of this important institution to continue their education and for the workers to continue to provide the important services for the students. Thank you Governor Brown & Speaker of the Assembly John A. Perez Gloria Sanchez San Bruno, CA

Deregulation permitted the communications industry to provide Internet service only to profitable markets, leaving rural areas with no connections. Our children in rural areas such as Glacier Washington cannot complete internet-based homework assignments. Fiber optic cable is very expensive and only Broadband type Internet connections are feasible in areas that are hilly, off the main roads, or in valleys.

The FL Legislature is considering disbanning developmental education at the college level. Developmental education at the college level opens the door to a college education for many students who otherwise would not have that opportunity. It is my guess that many FL legislators benefited from developmental education, but now they have become elitist and do not wish others to have that same opportunity.

I attended ITT Technical Institute and now owe over $96 thousand dollars for an Associates level education that has no extrinsic value. The school specializes in little more than high pressure sales, misleading information, "college credits" and "degrees" that are not transferable and coercion. They hurt the economy by knowingly offering a substandard product that effectively places most alumni in precarious and often dire financial situations. As a “for profit” school they should be held to the same standards as other businesses and “customers” should have the right to request a refund for reasons of: “Disputes Quality of Goods or Services”, “Defective/Not as Described” or “Services Not Rendered”. They should made accountable for poor business practices and taking advantage of students.