Some of the most controversial education measures being discussed during the 2016 legislative session could have a new vehicle for passage in the Florida Senate, indicating a possible deal between House and Senate leaders to get these proposals through before session ends in two weeks.
Senate education budget committee Chairman Don Gaetz, a Republican senator from Niceville, is offering a sweeping amendment to SB 524 — which the full Senate Appropriations Committee is due to consider on Thursday.
If the committee accepts the amendment and passes Gaetz’s bill, it goes straight to the Senate floor from there. Gaetz was in committee this morning and not immediately available for comment.
