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Capitol Watch for Thursday, April 1 (Source: News Service of Florida) By News Service of Florida | April 1, 2021 at 7:49 AM EDT - Updated April 1 at 7:49 AM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - The following events/topics are scheduled today in Tallahassee and elsewhere:
RESIDENT TUITION AT ISSUE: The House Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee will take up a bill (HB 747), filed by Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, and Rep. Joe Harding, R-Williston, that would ensure in-state tuition status for residents working outside of Florida for the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Defense or while teaching at a U.S. Department of Defense dependent school. (12:30 p.m., 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)
Florida House targets school board salaries
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A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at eliminating salaries for county school board members was approved by a House panel Thursday, with opponents warning it could make boards less diverse.
The measure (HJR 1461), which was approved in a 10-7 vote by the House Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee, would place a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2022 ballot.
Sponsor Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island, told the panel that nixing pay for school boards would “take the politics out of our school boards.”
But Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and other opponents argued that diversity on the boards would be threatened by making the positions unpaid.
DeSantis touts Floridaâs school efforts, calls for teacher bonuses
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
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Sarah Painter, a fifth-grade teacher at Eisenhower Elementary School and 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year for Pinellas County Schools, center, is introduced by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, during a press conference on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Palm Harbor University High School. DeSantis announced his proposal to give $1000 bonuses to school principals and teachers in Florida. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
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Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Pinellas County on Wednesday for another of his âmajor announcementsâ regarding education. From a lectern at Palm Harbor University High School, the governor touted his administrationâs efforts to keep schools open and students learning during the pandemic, unlike other states. He applauded teachers, whom he credited for doing the tough day to day work of focusing children
Florida House Targets School Board Salaries, But Senate Does Not
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