Floridians have seen Gov. Ron DeSantis exert his executive power to gain influence over school and university boards, state attorney offices and the taxing authority for Walt Disney World.
Are Florida high school sports next?
Proposals moving through the state Legislature would give the governor authority to appoint all members of the Florida High School Athletics Association board of directors, which lately has run into disputes over issues such as prayer at state championship games and collecting information about female students’ periods.
Today in Tallahassee … The House convenes for session at 11 a.m. HB 733 on school start times, HB 1069 on sex education and HJR 31 on partisan school board elections are among several education-related bills on the special order calendar. • The Senate meets in session at 1:30 p.m.
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Teachers: A special magistrate sided with Hillsborough County teachers in their months-long pay dispute with the school district. • The Lake, Marion and Sumter county school districts are ramping up teacher recruitment efforts as they prepare to open more schools, the Villages Daily Sun reports. • The state Senate approved a bill that would place new restrictions on teacher and public employee unions, the USA Today Florida Network reports.
