No. CS/CS/SB 182
Filed under Education.
Education; Providing that students may not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on academic performance; requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; requiring, subject to legislative appropriation, each district school board to adopt rules to require the display of portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at each public school in the district; establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPublic schools must teach cursive writing to grades 3-5, with students demonstrating proficiency by the end of grade 5.
Charter schools may not dismiss students based on academic performance while implementing a school improvement or corrective action plan.
Private schools with 150 or fewer students are permitted uses in commercial zoning without rezoning or special exceptions.
School districts must display portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in each public school, subject to legislative appropriation.
AIProhibits dismissing students from charter schools based on academic performance while the school is under a state-mandated improvement or corrective action plan.
AIRequires public schools to teach cursive writing in grades 3-5 and mandates that students demonstrate proficiency in cursive by the end of grade 5.
AIExempts private schools enrolling 150 or fewer students from rezoning, special exceptions, and most land use conditions in commercial or mixed-use zoning districts.
AIEstablishes a state program allowing districts to place highly effective or retired teachers in D- or F-rated schools to mentor struggling or new teachers, funded by educational enrichment allocations.
AIRequires district school boards to adopt rules displaying portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in every public school building, subject to legislative appropriation.
AIChanges the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program so that unspent funds revert to the sponsoring organization rather than the state, with strict annual expenditure requirements.