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Amended college bill lets SCF keep name
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Trustees select Palm Beach State College's first female president
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Bill would let students attend one school, play sports for another
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SB 7006 Early Learning

SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

SB 0280 Teacher Salaries

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HB 0181 Educational Facilities

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SB 0148 Resident Status for Tuition Purposes

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HB 0029 Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools

HOUSE Now in K-12 Subcommittee

HB 0019 School Safety

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

SB 0096 Patriotic Film Screening

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HB 1299 Community Inclusion and Life Transition Advisory Councils

HOUSE Now in Choice & Innovation Subcommittee

Topic: FL Dept. of Education

Groups protest race-based test standards

by Bill Cotterell - 13 months ago - +

The civil rights group Dream Defenders delivered 5,800 signatures Monday demanding that the state stop discriminating against black and Hispanic students by setting lower academic goals for students of color.

Common Core vanishes from state law

by Florida Current Staff - 13 months ago - +

With a stroke of a pen, Gov. Scott removed more than 30 references to Common Core State Standards from Florida law. Scott signed three education bills Monday, addressing textbooks, data collection and standards.

Week in Review for May 9, 2014

by Aggregation Desk - 13 months ago - +

This week, Gov. Rick Scott celebrates the end of the 2014 Legislative Session with a state-wide "victory" tour highlighting a state budget approved by lawmakers, Republican and Democrats disagree about whether the proposed spending plan includes a record amount for public schools and the NAEP says Florida students learning gains are flat.

FL students lag nation on math exam

by Aggregation Desk - 13 months ago - +

The National Assessment of Educational Progress reports Florida 12th graders who took NAEP exams posted scores below the national average and showed no improvement from 2009.

Judge rules against teachers

by James Call - 13 months ago - +

A federal judge rules against a teacher's union challenge to the evaluation system used to determine teacher's contract renewals and pay raises.

Senate voucher bill up for discussion; amendment would require FCAT

by Arek Sarkissian - 13 months ago - +

Senators talking about how to divert money to the program without violating the Florida Constitution.

Immigrant tuition break gets new life in Senate

by Bill Cotterell - 13 months ago - +

Sen. Dwight Bullard and Rep. Ricardo Rangel talk with protestors in the Capitol's fourth-floor lobby on Tuesday after the Senate revived the in-state tuition bill. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

The Senate on Tuesday waived its rules and agreed to consider the bill before the session ends this week. No one objected to the motion made by Sen. John Thrasher. The tuition break for students who are living in the country illegal has divided Republicans this session