Several bills to be considered today in the Florida Capitol. See full calendars and highlights below. Tune into the Florida Channel to watch live. House Calendar Senate Calendar 9:00 am Senate Education Appropriations SB 0070 by Book – Panic Alarms in Public Schools SB 1220 by Diaz – Education SB 1568 by Hutson – Education…
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Today, School Board Term Limits will be taken up on the House Floor. Several education-related bills will be taken up in other committees and on the Floor. See full schedules and what to expect below. House Calendar Senate Calendar 10:00 Senate Military and Veterans Affairs and Space SB 0662 by Wright – School Grading System…
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See below for the Senate and House Ed Appropriations agendas. In addition, at 4pm the Senate Finance and Tax Committee will take up SB 1066 by Gruters – Impact Fees. A strike all has been filed and part of that amendment now includes employees of a school district to be on the impact fee review…
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Today at 1:30, the Senate Education Committee will take up several bills. Included on today’s agenda is SB 1498 School Turnaround (by Senator Baxley). The bill has a “delete everything” amendment that would merge the content of the bill with HB 7079 Assessment & Accountability (by Representative Aloupis). In addition, the committee will also take…
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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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