Jacob OglesApril 26, 2023
5min0
It comes after recent university presidents negotiated hefty potential bonuses in their contracts.
Tag: SB 7026Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Jacob OglesApril 26, 2023
Ryan NicolJanuary 20, 2020
7min630
The Senate Education Committee is set to review new legislation Tuesday.
Ryan NicolSeptember 17, 2019
7min583
Last Session, lawmakers approved a bill that allowed teachers to join the Guardian program.
Scott PowersAugust 11, 2019
7min1717
'Red flag laws infringe on our Constitution. They are a clear violation,' Hill said.
Ryan NicolFebruary 7, 2019
6min386
The measures would expand authority under last year's Public Safety Act.
Ryan NicolJanuary 8, 2019
6min840
The director of the newly created Office of Safe Schools highlighted calls for increased fencing, single points of entry and improved security systems at a Tuesday meeting of the Senate Education Committee. Damien Kelly was on hand to brief lawmakers on the implementation of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act (SB 7026), signed into law […]
Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2019
5min440
The transition committee advising Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis on school safety raised concerns Thursday about clashing cultures of law enforcement, mental health professionals and educators, and argued that state officials must force changes in mindsets. Several members of DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Public Safety and state staff members advising the panel made stark assessments Thursday of progress made […]
Danny McAuliffeMay 15, 2018
7min899
Two South Florida state lawmakers plan to ask the Legislature to increase the public education budget, which they say was insufficiently funded during the 2018 Legislative Session and anticipate a budget shortfall exacerbated by mandates passed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. The Legislature officially adjourned in March, but on Monday […]
Danny McAuliffeMarch 9, 2018
3min319
Some superintendents aren’t keen on arming school personnel, and they’ve offered a suggestion to Gov. Rick Scott to prevent the concept’s fruition. On Friday, the Florida Association of District School Superintendents President Robert Runcie penned a letter to Scott urging him to veto Section 40 of the “Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,” […]
Peter SchorschMarch 7, 2018
6min242
Last night, I tweeted a .gif about Senator Anitere Flores and how capitol insiders are not surprised that it is the portion of the budget that she helps write that is forcing the Legislature into overtime. It was an easy, lazy criticism of Flores. Of course health care spending, specifically hospital spending, is what’s holding […]