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1 dzień temu · 11/05/2024 05:00 AM EST. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to elect more conservatives on Florida school boards hit a snag this summer. But key wins next week could give ...
6 dni temu · He won DeSantis’ endorsement in his bid for the board but lost his Aug. 20 race by 290 votes to Janie Ruddy, a former teacher in the district. DeSantis has done more to influence local education policies and politics than any Florida governor in recent memory.
7 paź 2024 · Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require members of a district school board to be elected in a partisan election rather than a nonpartisan election and to specify that the amendment only applies to elections held on or after the November 2026 general election.
30 paź 2024 · In addition to requiring nonpartisan school board races, the 1998 amendment included election-related changes such as putting a public campaign financing program in the Constitution. Lawmakers also have proposed a measure, Amendment 6, on the Nov. 5 ballot that would repeal the public campaign financing program, which makes available state ...
21 sie 2024 · A roundup of Florida education news from around the state. A voter fills out a ballot at the Polish Center in Pinellas County during the 2024 primary election. In school board races decided...
21 sie 2024 · School board candidates in Florida backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis were defeated in several counties, results that opponents of the Republican say are a rebuke to his conservative education agenda.
20 sie 2024 · If elected, candidates Stacy Geier, Danielle Marolf and Erika Picard would join two current members who are endorsed by Moms for Liberty, constituting a majority on the nine-seat board. “He knows who the true conservative is in my race,” Marolf said after winning DeSantis’ endorsement.
