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The bill would allow high achieving grandchildren of Florida seniors to pay in-state tuition at Florida's universities.

News Service of Florida Proposals to codify in state law a “Parent’s Bill of Rights” related to what families are entitled to know about their childrens education and health care are advancing in the House and Senate, as the 2021 legislative session gets underway. Sen. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, and Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, are carrying the measures, which were approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and House Health & Human Services Committee on Tuesday, March 2. The plan has spar...

Florida House speaker endorses legislative proposals aimed at exposing public-school students to “victims of other nations governing philosophies.”

“Would the grandparent have to be a full-time resident of the state of Florida? We know that Florida attracts snowbirds, people who are here for a period of time but not necessarily full-time residents,” Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, said. “They’d have to be full-time residents of Florida. The (university system’s) Board of Governors would actually set up the way they mechanically do that, but it would require an attestation by the grandparent,” Maney answered. Other lawmak...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.4.21 Here’s the day that was — and will be — in Florida politics. Publix, the most prominent private partner in Florida’s vaccine distribution network, strongly disputed a news report insinuating the company had been allowed to operate with little oversight. The company’s corporate office offered strong words in response to a Miami Herald report regarding the supermarket’s COVID-19 vaccinatio...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.2.21 The Legislative Session is here, and Florida Influencers believe that come April 30, Gov. Ron DeSantis will be the big winner. Florida Politics asked the state’s top consultants, lobbyists and political minds who stands to have the best Legislative Session and 43% picked the Governor. His believers include more than half of Republican Influencers, with just 27% of Democrats saying he’s their early fa...

TALLAHASSEE — With the 2021 legislative session set to begin next week, Florida lawmakers could further broaden the state’s school-choice landscape with what are called “education savings accounts.” Lawmakers are considering a far-reaching proposal (SB 48) that would expand eligibility for voucher programs and allow parents to use taxpayer-backed education savings accounts for private schools and other costs. The plan, sponsored by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, would also fold existin...

News Service of Florida Tying tangible experience to troubling data, five school superintendents addressed a House panel Feb. 18, with some asking for “more teeth” in a law to help find students who have gone unaccounted for this school year.  State economists estimate that 87,811 fewer students have enrolled in public schools than were predicted for the 2020-2021 academic year, which has been shadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As lawmakers try to pinpoint how much of the enrollment drop i...

Records exemption sought for higher ed searches Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — A proposal that would provide a public-records exemption for “personal identifying information” about people applying to become state college and university presidents is advancing in the Florida Senate. Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican who is sponsoring the measure (SB 220), said it is aimed at attracting “the broadest pool of applicants” for the jobs. The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accoun...

The House panel approved a controversial bill that would mandate daily moments of silence in schools.