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A second back-to-school sales tax holiday for a school year, which was in place for the 2023-2024 school year, is not part of the proposal. Florida disaster preparedness sales tax holiday
But a parents' rights provision that would have let failing third graders move on to fourth was stricken.
Amended the Higher Education Act to indefinitely extend a grant program for Historically Black Graduate or Professional Schools. Pub. L. 104–141 (text) 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 Pub. L. 105–17 (text) 1997 Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Included a provision that repealed the Smith–Hughes Act.
In 2021 the Florida Board of Education prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project in public schools. [1]In April 2023, the Board of Education extended the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" Act, from covering kindergarten to third grade students into covering the entire range of kindergarten to twelfth grade.
The historic Live Local Act, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March 2023 and updated this past May, offers hope for our challenging growth picture by providing a legislative framework to ...
The Stop WOKE Act, also known as the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act and redubbed the Individual Freedom Act, is a Florida state law which prohibited schools and businesses from teaching certain concepts related to race, gender, racism, and privilege. In addition to that, it prohibits Florida educational institutions and businesses ...
Education Commissioner Manny Diaz talks with his peers during the opening day of the 2023 Florida Legislative Session, Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
Ultimately, the version of the Build Back Better Act that the House passed on November 19, 2021, would have increased the SALT deduction cap to $80,000 until 2030, after which the increase would expire. Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote against the act, because of his opposition to benefiting high-income taxpayers by raising the cap. [34]