Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas used a Tallahassee forum to sharpen his message: Florida’s education system needs tougher oversight, stricter accountability and fewer barriers to expanding school choice.
Speaking to local leaders at the Capital Tiger Bay Club on March 31, Kamoutsas outlined his legislative priorities, defended contentious policies and signaled a continued push to reshape how public dollars flow through Florida’s schools.
The luncheon, part of a series of guest speakers on education, offered a window into the state’s evolving approach under Kamoutsas, one defined by aggressive oversight of school districts, skepticism if not open disdain of teacher unions and watchdogging the rapidly growing private school scholarship program…