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Panic alarms bill revised, board term limits bill in trouble, tax holiday, massacre instruction and more

Panic alarms: The House has approved a heavily amended bill that would require panic alarms in all Florida schools. The most significant changes remove a requirement that all districts adopt a single, mobile system, but also require that the vendor must be certified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which eliminates several potential bidders... Read more »

Safety bill with minimum arrest age approved, moment of silence, union bill, testing rules and more

School safety bill: The Florida House unanimously approved a school safety bill containing a late-added amendment requiring police departments to adopt policies prohibiting the arrest of anyone under the age of 10. The addition to the bill was a response to last September's arrest of 6-year-old Kaia Rolle from an Orlando school, which sparked national... Read more »

Best and Brightest repeal, top education bill passed over, overtime, scholarships, coronavirus and more

Best and Brightest: The Senate has approved a bill that repeals the educator bonuses program known as the Best and Brightest Award Program. Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Legislature to end it and redirect the money spent on it last year to a new $300 million bonus program rewarding teachers and principals at schools... Read more »

Coronavirus concerns, panic alarm contract, consolidating colleges, vaping lawsuit and more

Coronavirus fears: Two presumptive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Florida, said Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has declared a public health emergency. Both cases are of adults, in Manatee and Hillsborough counties, who have been placed in isolation. DeSantis also said state labs that are now set up in Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami can... Read more »

Parents’ rights, church school guns, panic alarms, Baker Act, helping athletes, coronavirus and more

Parents' rights: The bill that would grant parents the right to determine what their children can opt out of at school, from classes to vaccinations, is ready to be approved by the Florida House but faces an uncertain path forward in the Senate. The full House is nearly ready to vote on H.B. 1059, but... Read more »

College mergers, panic alarms, scholarships, sales tax hike vote, pensions, pronouns and more

College consolidation: A revised bill that would merge New College and Florida Polytechnic University into the University of Florida was approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee on a party line vote, and is now headed to a vote by the full House. The sponsor, state Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, contends the cost of... Read more »

Ongoing debate over district fraud in Tennessee shines positive light on education savings accounts

Who knew a prescription cream could be so expensive? Last fall, officials suspended three Tennessee public school employees while investigators reviewed the individuals’ involvement in an insurance fraud scheme that cost the school district some $800,000. The issue dates to around 2015, when two doctors began writing prescriptions for pain-relieving creams to be bought in… Read more »

A dream remembered of a man who disappeared

On a hot, humid July evening in 1915, Joseph L. Wiley, longtime principal of a private school on the outskirts of Ocala, drove to the Temple Theatre to see a movie. His car was found along West Broadway the next day, but Wiley was not. He had vanished. Some speculated that the light-skinned, straight-haired black… Read more »

College consolidation changes, district destroys owl habitat, alternative school closed and more

College consolidation: The latest version of a college consolidation bill would fold both New College and Florida Polytechnic University under the University of Florida. State Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Beach, made the change from his original bill, which would have placed New College under Florida State University. “UF is closer than FSU to New College,”... Read more »

House approves school board term limits, school safety bills, college consolidation and more

School board term limits: The Florida House has approved a resolution that would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November asking voters to limit local county school board members to eight consecutive years in office. The resolution needed 60 percent support from representatives, and received 67 percent in a 79-39 vote. In the... Read more »

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