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Today, the House PreK-12 Appropriations and Senate Education Committees both meet at 1:30. Among other bills, the committees will take up: HB 7079 Education (PreK-12 Innovation Committee, Aloupis) – This bill is the Assessment & Accountability bill we discussed Friday and in last week’s report HB 1013 Early Learning and Early Grades Success (Grall) HB 1207…
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Today, both House and Senate Appropriations will meet and the House will also meet on the floor. See full daily schedules below and watch live on the Florida Channel. House Calendar – February 5, 2020 Senate Calendar – February 5, 2020
Today’s schedule starts at 8am with House PreK-12 Innovation. The committee will hear bills on assessment, VAM score reporting, mental health days, moments of silence in schools and will consider three committee bills— one on charters and the other on student mental health. See full House and Senate calendars below and be sure to watch…
Happy Monday from Florida’s capital. Meetings begin today at noon and on the docket are several bills covering Impact Fees, vaping, apprenticeships and more. Senate Education will meet at 1:30 (access the meeting packet HERE), and this afternoon the Senate will also take up bills on sovereign immunity (SB 1302, Flores) in the Community Affairs…
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The Senate will not be meeting today or tomorrow, but the House Education and State Affairs Committees will take up education-related bills and consider proposed committee bills (PCB) that will be of interest. See some highlights from agendas below. Watch live stream and archived videos on the Florida Channel 9:00 – 11:00 House Education Reed…