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In Re William Henry Hamman
Paid petition
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Florida’s public colleges and universities each require a high school GPA in order to participate in the Dual Enrollment program. But law states that “A high school grade point average may not be required for home education students” Florida Statute 1007.271(13)(b)(2) The question is: Does the 14th amendment’s guarantee of equal protection extend to Florida’s children here, or may the executive willfully break the black letter of law and defraud a substantial class of children.
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Florida Statute clearly specifies the initial eligibility requirements for the Dual Enrollment program which grant a student legal eligibility to participate in the program per FS 1007.271. The executive requires materially greater initial eligibility requirements than law allows before they will provide the program to people, people who’ve already been granted rights under FS 1007.271. One example is cited in Pet. App. al, FLSC 19-386 Mandamus 3-8-19 pp. 12,13 The question is: At what point does the 14th amendment’s guarantee of substantive due process rights to participate in the state’s education system per law kick in and have effect; is it at the point of attainment of the criteria specified in Florida Statute 1007.271, or does the 14th amendment’s substantive due process guarantee only have effect at the point Florida’s executive decides it shall?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alfred Risien Hamman
For respondent
Stephanie A. Daniel
FL Attorney General's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 21 2019Petition DENIED.
- Oct 17 2019Waiver of right of respondents Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody to respond filed.
- Oct 02 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
- Sep 11 2019Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed.