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Board discusses legislative priorities including attendance, kindergarten requirements and gifted education
Summary
Board members agreed to submit several legislative priorities to the Florida School Boards Association, elevating attendance interventions, kindergarten instructional requirements and a standalone statute for gifted education among the top items.
Board members used the Sept. 4 work session to finalize and discuss a set of proposed legislative priorities they plan to submit to the Florida School Boards Association and to use in meetings with legislators.
Board member Doctor Campbell introduced the list and asked for consensus on each item. The priorities discussed included: (1) amending statute language on chronic absenteeism to allow districts to initiate interventions after five unexcused student absences; (2) changing kindergarten rules so kindergarten meets 720 net instructional hours and revising school-age statute language to require a child to be 5 years old by the first day of school in any district school year;…
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