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Crist inks increased Fla. graduation requirements
- 04-22-2010
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Education Week
Graduating from high school just got tougher in Florida because of legislation Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law Tuesday. The far-reaching education bill (SB 4) that adds more required math and science courses and revises testing requirements received nearly unanimous support in the Legislature. It's been overshadowed, though, during the 2010 legislative session by the passage, and then Crist's veto, of a hotly debated measure (SB 6) that would have made it easier to fire teachers and linked their pay to student test scores. "Unlike the misguided ... anti-teacher bill that Republican legislative leaders rammed through the Legislature earlier this month, Senate Bill 4 includes bipartisan solutions for education reform and, as a result, enjoyed broad support," said House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands of Weston. (more...)
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