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Partisan school board elections, charter school funding, year-round schools, teacher union dues collections and more

Partisan board elections: The Senate Rules Committee has approved a bill that would make school board elections partisan again, and the issue is now going to a full Senate vote. S.J.R. 94 would ask voters in 2024 to approve a constitutional amendment reversing the amendment they approved in 1998 that made board elections nonpartisan. Sixty... Read more »

GOP rep calls transgender people ‘mutants, demons and imps’ during a bill hearing, rezoning fight and more

In the Legislature: A Republican member of the House called transgender Floridians "mutants from another planet" during a committee hearing Monday. After several transgender people spoke against H.B. 1521, which would prevent students and others from using bathrooms that don't align with their gender assignment at birth, state Rep. Webster Barnaby, R-Deltona, launched into a... Read more »

Two thousand zero zero, party over, oops out of time

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of state lawmakers, one of whom asked me a startling question after acknowledging that his state doesn’t have charter schools: Should we really bother with them? As I heard the record scratch in my head, my mind wandered to a documentary I saw about the… Read more »

GOP education priorities that are still pending, Broward’s PR blitz to regain students, tenure request and more

Bills still pending: With about four weeks left in the legislative session, several of Gov. Ron DeSantis' education priorities have yet to pass in at least one of the chambers. Among them: restricting school employees' use of pronouns in schools to the gender students were born with, later middle and high school starting times, barring... Read more »

Feds’ transgender rule sets up showdown with state, session at halftime, phonics focus and more

Transgender athletes: States and school districts would be prohibited from automatically banning all transgender students’ participation on athletic teams aligning with their gender identities under a proposed federal Title IX regulation released Thursday. "Such bans fail to account for differences among students across grade and education levels," said the Education Department. "They also fail to... Read more »

Universities imposing bans on TikTok and other social media, school board term limits and more

Universities ban TikTok: Universities around the state announced Wednesday that they have banned TikTok and other social media platforms tied to foreign interests from WiFi networks and university-owned devices. Also off-limits at the University of Florida, Florida State University, the University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida A&M University, the University... Read more »

More funding proposed for charters, budget negotiations, year-round schools, teacher pay deal and more

Bigger share for charters: Legislation that would increase charter schools' share of local tax dollars in certain school districts was approved Tuesday by the Senate Education PreK-12 Committee. S.B. 1328 calls for school districts with 100,000 or more students to share more of their property tax millage with local charter schools operated by nonprofit companies,... Read more »

District clears Ruby Bridges movie for viewing at elementary school, Senate budget, FHSAA changes and more

Senate approves budget: Florida senators unanimously approved a $113.7 billion budget on Monday that includes about $26.6 billion for education and is about 3 percent higher than this year's spending. The House is expected to vote today on its $113 billion budget, which also includes about $26.6 billion for education but would change the formula... Read more »

Parental rights expansion, later school start times, school board elections changes, and more

Parental rights expansion: A bill expanding the Parental Rights in Education law passed last year was approved Friday in the House on a 77-35 vote. Among other things, the bill guides how teachers and students can use their pronouns in schools, restricts school lessons about sexual identity and gender orientation for all students in grades... Read more »

Florida sets shining example on school choice

Editor’s note: This commentary from Jason Bedrick, research fellow at the Center for Education Policy, and Lindsey Burke, director at the Center for Education Policy, appeared Tuesday on The Heritage Foundation’s website. Florida has long been a pioneer in ensuring that families can choose the learning environments that align with their values and work best… Read more »

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