WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015 PROMOTING DEMOCRACY SINCE 1905 | TALLAHASSEE.COM SCOOPING ALABAMA Jimbo Fisher succeeds where Nick Saban didn’t; signs Brad Lawing to coach defensive ends, linebackers. » Page 1D OBAMA TO SEEK THREE-YEAR MILITARY FORCE AGAINST ISIL PAGE 1B Probe of fatal crash continues CAMPAIGN TRAIL By Sean Rossman TALKING EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION Leon County deputies continue to investigate the crash that resulted in the death of a Chiles High School freshman on Saturday. Assistant State Attorney Jack Campbell says his office is cooperating with the sheriff’s office’s investigation and that he has not made any decision on whether to prosecute anyone in the crash that killed 14-year-old Ansley Rayborn. Four days after the crash, the sheriff’s office has yet to release an accident report. LCSO spokesman Lt. James McQuaig said the traffic fatality investigation could take weeks. “We’re incredibly young into this,” Campbell said. “It often goes a long time.” At 8:21 a.m. Saturday, a Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by a 15-year-old, crashed into a ditch on Old Chemonie Road, causing Ansley to be ejected. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Campbell chose not to speak on the case directly, but said many different facts would contribute to the severity of charges, if there are any. Campbell said in incidents involving children, liability could fall on a parent. The driver, if he had a learner’s permit, would have needed at least one licensed driver 21 years of age or older in the vehicle in order to be driving legally. State law allows 15year-olds to get learner’s permits, which they must have for a year with no record in order to apply for a regular driver’s license. Tallahassee attorney Josh Zelman said a driver with a valid learner’s permit driving without a person 21 or older could face a moving violation charge. In the Democrat staff writer @seanrossman on Twitter Bush raises money, speaks on issues in Tallahassee By Bill Cotterell F | Democrat correspondent ormer Gov. Jeb Bush brought his nascent presidential campaign to Tallahassee Tuesday and focused on two issues — immigration and “common core” education standards — that figure to give him trouble if he enters the Republican primaries. At an education forum sponsored by his Foundation for Florida’s Future, Bush said the state ought to relax the 2002 class-size constitutional amendment, freeing up billions for improved teacher salaries and other education enhancements he said would show a direct impact on learning. As governor, Bush opposed the amendment that limits class size to 18 kids in pre-kindergarten through third grade, 22 in grades four through eight and 25 in high schools. “It doesn’t have anything to do with student learning,” he said. ”There’s no evidence to suggest that 22 kids, rather than 20 kids, or 24 kids rather than 20 kids, is going to change the chance of a child to learn. There is some evidence that if you put a highly effective teacher in a classroom, irrespective of the number of kids in it, you’re going to get better results.” Department of Education figures indicate taxpayers have shelled out nearly $27 billion on building schools and hiring and equipping teachers since the amendment took effect in 2004. Bush said any education reforms proposed by him would be reflexively hated by Democrats, so he joked that Florida Education Association President Andy Ford ought to adopt the idea. FEA spokesman Mark Pudlow said the state’s largest teachers union, which backed the petition drive putting the class-size amendment on the ballot in 2002, remains committed to its full implementation. “About the only people who don’t like smaller PHOTOS BY JOE RONDONE / DEMOCRAT Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks Tuesday at the FSU Alumni Center during Keeping the Promise: A Florida Education Summit, hosted by the Foundation for Florida’s Future. ON EDUCATION: “I’m for higher standards and I’m for creating real restrictions of the federal government’s role in this.” ON IMMIGRATION: “We should fix our immigration system, control our border, do all the things you have to do to respect the rule of law ... and dramatically expand economic immigration.” INSIDE THE DEMOCRAT Former Gov. Jeb Bush focused on two issues — immigration and “common core” education standards — during his visit to Tallahassee. 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