The third-term Congressman from Naples advocates long-term Student Success Plans starting no later than sixth grade for students, with educational dollars that follow them no matter what kind of school they attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cFlorida doesn\u2019t just want to graduate students, we want to launch them into success,\u201d said Donalds. \u201cWe know there is no one-size-fits-all student, and there shouldn\u2019t be one pathway to a career. Whether your kid wants to build rockets, run a business, or become a nurse, Florida is going to meet them where they are and get them where they want to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plans would be \u201cbuilt in partnership with parents, not bureaucrats,\u201d per a release from his campaign.<\/p>\n
Under Donalds\u2019 proposal, \u201ccollege, trade, military, and entrepreneurship pathways as equally resourced and equally respected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graduation credits could come from traditional coursework, as well as dual enrollment, industry certifications, and apprenticeships. Employer partnerships are also incorporated into the proposal.<\/p>\n Donalds has touched on K-12 throughout his campaign, and has floated proposals for individual learning plans and apprenticeships previously.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s a family effort.<\/p>\n Erika Donalds<\/a>, the candidate\u2019s wife who is an\u00a0education entrepreneur,<\/a> former Collier County School Board member and current Chair<\/a> of the Center for Education Opportunity, advocates for these policy moves as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The candidate’s education mission continues. Byron Donalds continues to make education a centerpiece of his campaign for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[445,113,28,30,29,122677],"class_list":["post-290161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-byron-donalds","tag-education","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-student-success-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/25JF-7.9.25-FL-Politics-Ads-728X90-V2.png\")
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