IS EIGHT ENOUGH? Reviving the old slogan from when voters approved term limits for Florida lawmakers, supporters of the concept continue to urge the Legislature to give them a chance to impose limits on school board terms, too. The idea has faltered in the Senate in recent years, with members of the upper chamber reluctant to set the clock at eight consecutive years for boards. That might have changed this week, though, as Sen. Joe Gruters — who had been sponsoring a bill for 12-year limits — reduced his proposal to eight, matching the measure moving through the House.
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: Pasco County’s community schools initiative began at Gulfside Elementary five years ago. Today, families praise the program for its services, which continue to grow at the southwest county campus, as the school’s overall academic performance keeps improving. District officials want to use Gulfside as a model in northwest Pasco, where a major school overhaul is planned. But first, they have to get state approval to shut down Hudson Elementary.
SCHOLARSHIP FIGHT GETS NASTY: As more corporations have backed away from Florida’s tax credit scholarship program, supporters of the program have increasingly lashed out. Not at the recipient schools employing discriminatory practices against LGBTQ youth. But against the companies and others who have called for changes. The latest to join the fray: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the News Service of Florida reports. He called two banks’ decision a “publicity stunt aimed at earning wokeness points with the radical left.” A group of ministers, meanwhile, plans a rally in Tallahassee to “denounce attacks” on the scholarship program, WFSU reports. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
‘GO BACK TO HAITI’: That’s what a Lee County teaching assistant allegedly told some students at Lexington Middle School. That aide is no longer in the classroom as the district investigates, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
AGASSI ACES IT: Former tennis star Andre Agassi scores $60.5 million in a Broward County charter school sale, The Real Deal reports. He paid $10.1 million for the site, which he then developed.
SECURITY: A second state Senate committee advances legislation to tweak school safety and security laws, Florida Politics reports. • Several superintendents say the state’s school safety app, designed to collect tips on potential threats, is plagued by bogus reports, WFTS reports.
SCOURING THE SCHOOLS: The Broward County school district sanitizes some schools amid concerns about MRSA, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
GUNS ON CAMPUS: Lee County residents who worship at churches connected to schools want lawmakers to approve a bill that would let them carry guns while attending services, the Naples Daily News reports. Current law doesn’t permit weapons at schools.
MOONLIGHTING: State Sen. Dennis Baxley appears to suggest it’s okay for teachers to work several jobs to make ends meet, Florida Phoenix reports.
GET ONLINE: Lake County schools will begin checking out internet hotspots to students who otherwise lack access, the Daily Commercial reports.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: The former principal of Spanish River High in Palm Beach County defends his right to say he doesn’t think the Holocaust was a fact, the Palm Beach Post reports. His comment cost him his job and ignited a statewide move to ensure all schools are teaching Holocaust education. He’s appealing his termination.
MOMENTS OF SILENCE: Two state lawmakers — one Democrat, one Republican — continue to push for an agenda attractive to conservative Christians. Their bill to require ‘moments of silence’ in public schools gets its first airing in the state House today, Florida Politics reports.
PRESCHOOL GRADES: A legislative proposal to improve the state’s prekindergarten program is getting mostly praise. Just not that part to grade the schools A-F, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
GRADUATION RULES: The Sarasota County School Board is rethinking whether to change the graduation requirements at its school for the gifted, as several parents complain about the proposal, the Herald-Tribune reports.
TIME TO SETTLE? A Sarasota County school district administrative assistant could win a nearly $400,000 settlement to drop her sexual harassment claim against the district, the Herald-Tribune reports. The case resulted in the resignation of the superintendent and his chief operating officer.
BAD ACTS: A Palm Beach County elementary school teacher is arrested on allegations she pushed a child so hard against a wall that it knocked out his tooth, WPLG reports.
TODAY: House PreK-12 Innovation, 8 a.m. (PCB PKI 20-02, testing) • House Higher Education, 10 a.m. (PCB HEA 20-01, Public postsecondary commercial sponsorships) • Senate Judiciary, 12:30 p.m. (SB 946, Moments of silence in public schools; SB 1634, Parental rights)• House PreK-12 Appropriations, 3:30 p.m. (HB 1231, restraint and seclusion; HB 883, ‘Do Not Hire’ list)
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