Florida roundup: Budgets, graduation rates, school safety and more

Budgets. Lawmakers agree on a spending plan that would boost state construction funding for school districts. Times/Herald. RedefinED.

Graduation rates. Florida's graduation rate trails the national average. StateImpact. Associated Press. Sentinel School Zone.

School safety. The Florida House approves a controversial gun bill. Miami Herald. News Service of Florida. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Scripps/Tribune.

Teacher conduct. Parents receive notice about a teacher arrested on molestation charges. Gainesville Sun. A Pinellas teachers union official is barred from the classroom due to alleged "gross immorality." Tampa Bay Times.

Textbooks. The House and Senate remain divided over legislation reducing the state's role in textbook adoption. Tampa Tribune. Associated Press.

Teacher quality. StateImpact looks at Duval County's efforts to attract teachers to the schools with the greatest needs.

Career and technical education. A Palm Beach County shop class prepares to reopen after an accident. Palm Beach Post.

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About Travis Pillow

Travis Pillow is senior director of thought leadership and growth at Step Up For Students. He lives in Sanford, Florida, with his wife and two children. A former Tallahassee statehouse reporter, he most recently worked at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization at Arizona State University, where he studied community-led learning innovation and school systems' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. He can be reached at tpillow (at) sufs.org.

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