PragerU (Broward County Public Schools)

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To confirm, you are requesting the following:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

Public records show PragerU is now accepted as a curriculum in classrooms: https://www.wesh.com/article/prageru-florida-schools/44654207

1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of PragerU. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of PragerU.

2) Any PragerU curricula or lesson plans

3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention PragerU.

4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention PragerU.

5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with PragerU representatives.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

Good afternoon. The district does not have records in response to this request. We do not utilize PragerU. This request is now closed.

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Theresa Coleman
Administrative Assistant to Aston A. Henry, Jr., Director
Risk Management Department
600 Southeast Third Avenue, 11th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(754)321-1907 (Direct Line)
(754)321-2654 (Fax)
(954)650-8961 (Cell)
theresa.coleman@browardschools.com<mailto:theresa.coleman@browardschools.com>

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