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PRIORITY LEGISLATION (February 16, 2010)
Dear HASA Members and interested parties: The message below and the “Revised Graduation Standards” is the information that we have been asking FASA to provide us regarding Florida Legislative Actions on the five legislative priorities that we have identified. What we have just received is exactly what we asked for and what we said we would use in contacting members of our local legislative delegations. I just received a call from Juhan Mixon to inform me that both the Senate and House committees have approved the joint resolution to put the Class Size Amendment on the November Ballot. The next step is to have the House and Senate pass the resolution by a three third majority. Juhan said that this issue is on a fast track, and we all need to contact our legislators asking them to support final passage. Support for this action is bipartisan, for both republicans and some democrats are in favor of “Right Sizing the Class Size”. The Superintendents and the School Boards Association are supporting this Class Size initiative. You will note that the Class Size Issue has three Senate Bills filed by Gaetz, Bennet, and Thrasher. The Graduation Requirement issue has five Bills filed by Fresen, Bullard, and Gelber. The other three priorities do not seem to be getting any traction so far. Please contact the legislators noted in Juhan Mixon's email below.
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