The chorus of voices calling for Gov. Rick Scott to veto a controversial education bill — and perhaps part of the state budget for public schools — grew this week, even as supporters tried to push back. Two of the state’s major education organizations — the Florida School Boards Association and the Florida Association of District School Superintendents — sent letters to Scott Tuesday asking him to nix a wide-ranging schools bill (HB 7069) unveiled on the penultimate business day of the 2017 legislative session.
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