Senate Education Committee chairman John Legg said Thursday that his committee again will not meet next week, marking the effective death of several bills that had his panel as their first point of reference.
Among the measures that generated the most passionate reactions but not getting hearings were related to requiring elementary school recess (SB 1002) and allowing taxpayers to oppose schools’ instructional materials (SB 1018), both by Sen. Alan Hays.
Other items that didn’t make it through included Sen. Jeff Brandes’ bill to allow for the break up of school districts (SJR 734), Sen. Dorothy Hukill’s bid to include financial literacy as a graduation requirement (SB 96), and Sen. Darren Soto’s proposal to guarantee teachers a minimum salary of $50,000 (SB 296). A House attempt to create a statewide charter school authorizer (HJR 759) also is likely to die, having no active Senate companion.
