Finish line: Legislative leadership optimistic as budget conferences begin

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Budget, In the News, Legislation

Leadership in the House and Senate seem to think they’ll wrap the annual 60-day lawmaking process in a timely manner this year as budget conferences were set to begin Tuesday evening.  Budget chiefs Sen. Rob Bradley and Rep. Travis Cummings delivered optimistic remarks while standing side-by-side after the first joint appropriations meeting Tuesday afternoon. Read More

Florida Senate passes bill that allows classroom teachers to be armed – nearly along party lines

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Charter Schools, Facilities, Health & Safety, In the News, Legislation, Personnel, Public Records, School Boards, School Governance

More than a year after last year’s Valentine’s Day shooting in Parkland that shocked the state and blurred party lines in the state Capitol, the Florida Senate passed a follow-up bill that has become increasingly partisan because of its expansion of a program that would allow classroom teachers to be armed.  It succeeded on a…