Sentences with phrase «sweeping education bill»

The Senate Education Committee voted Tuesday to include the requirement in a sweeping education bill that is now moving through the legislature.

To grant relief to a community still reeling from a school shooting that left 17 dead, Gov. Rick Scott signed a sweeping education bill exempting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, including graduating seniors, from taking standardized tests this spring.

In return for reaching a compromise on his top priorities, the governor is expected to sign a wide - sweeping education bill (HB 7069), a top priority for Corcoran, and a higher education bill (SB 374), a top priority for Negron.

The First Amendment Foundation is weighing in on a wide - sweeping education bill, asking Gov. Rick Scott to veto the measure when it gets to his desk.

Dawson is part of a chorus of parents from around the state who have mounted a campaign through letters, emails and phone calls urging the Republican governor to sign a sweeping education bill that will soon come to his desk.

Florida's 650 charter schools could see as much as an extra $ 96.3 million coming their way in 2017 - 18, thanks to a controversial provision in a sweeping education bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law that forces school districts to hand over some of their local tax dollars.

In March 2011, as part of Florida's participation in the federal Race to the Top initiative, Governor Rick Scott signed into law a sweeping education bill that would effectively overhaul a teacher evaluation system that had been entrenched for decades.

So what gives with the sweeping education bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott last week that promises school choice?

States will be required to report chronic absenteeism rates for schools, and school districts will be allowed to spend federal dollars on training to reduce absenteeism, under a sweeping education bill signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 10.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping education bill, saying the proposed funding formula that Democrats sent him «put Chicago in line for millions more» that would be «diverted from other, needier districts.»

Dawson is part of a chorus of parents from around the state who have mounted a campaign through letters, emails and phone calls urging the Republican governor to sign a sweeping education bill that will soon come to his desk.

The Senate Education Committee voted Tuesday to include the requirement in a sweeping education bill that is now moving through the legislature.