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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
NO. LTC #LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM:Rafael E.Granado,City Clerk -7'4
DATE:March 18,2025
SUBJECT:Committee for Quality Education Motions
The Committee for Quality Education would like you to be aware of the three following motions
approved at the March 18,2025 committee meeting regarding Biscayne Beach Community
Schoolyard,PreK 3 scholarship expansion,and additional educational legislative priorities.
C:Executive Staff
Dr.Leslie Rosenfeld,Chief Education and Performance Officer
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City of Miami Beach
Committee for Quality Education
Meeting of March 18,2025
Members Present:Beverly Heller,Mary Keinath,James Orlowsky,Amy Ostroff,Jonathan
Rothman,Karen Fryd,Hayley Ross,Ayala Jeger Mendlowitz,Jelena Khurana,Rina Bass,Laurie
Kaye Davis,Faiza Liban,Donielle Cohen,and Christine Perrin-Stocco,
Members Absent:Seth Guttenberg,Jacquelynn Powers,Elizabeth Soto,Devorah Zeiger
Motion 1
Made by Laurie Kaye Davis
Second by Mary Keinath
The Committee for Quality Education requests the Mayor and Commission support Biscayne Beach
Elementary Community Schoolyard concepts presented by the Trust for Public Land including the
identification of funding.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage:Votes 12-0
Motion 2
Made by Rina Bass
Second by Beverly Heller
The Committee for Quality Education (CQE)requests the Mayor and Commission support the
inclusion of 3-year-olds in the PreK Scholarship program and continue to engage the CQE in
conversations regarding the development of the initiative.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage:Votes 14-0
Motion 3
Made by Laurie Kaye Davis
Second by Faiza Liban
The Committee for Quality Education (CQE)requests the Mayor and Commission support the
Miami-Dade County Public School Board's position on HB 261/SB296 and HB123/SB140 and add
these to the City of Miami Beach's legislative priorities
HB 261/SB 296 MIAMI BEACH SUPPORTS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS POSITION ON PROVIDING FLEXIBIL TY WITH MANDATED MIDDLE
SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL START TIME CHANGES.
HB 261 and SB 296 removes the requirement that middle and high schools start by
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specified times beginning in the 2026-2027 school year but provide flexibility in
maintaining school start times,retaining the requirement that district school boards
inform the local community about the health and safety ramifications of sleep deprivation
and "consider"the benefits of later start times.
HB 123 /SB 140 MIAMI BEACH SUPPORTS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS POSITION ON THIS OPPOSITION
HB 123 and SB 140 propose unwarranted changes to a School Board's property
holdings and to the charter conversion process.We urge the Legislature to reject and
reconsider proposals that would adversely affect education and would bypass core
tenets that have served Florida school districts for over a century and run counter to the
state constitution.
The Committee for Quality Education urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above
request.
Motion Passage:Votes 13-0