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State Rep. Gerwig reports two signed bills, funding wins and education changes to Wellington council
Summary
Representative Anne Gerwig briefed the Wellington Village Council on the recently completed legislative session, saying the governor signed two bills she carried — a Fentanyl Awareness Day and a school start-time measure — and that she secured appropriations and restored education program funding for the region.
Representative Anne Gerwig addressed the Wellington Village Council on June 24 with a summary of the just-completed legislative session in Tallahassee, described as 105 days. Gerwig told the council she had two bills signed by the governor: designation of Aug. 21 as Fentanyl Awareness Day and a bill changing the statewide school-start-time requirement for middle and high schools by requiring school districts to report start times and local impacts rather than imposing uniform later starts.
Gerwig said the Fentanyl Awareness Day designation is intended to spotlight the continuing local dangers of fentanyl exposure and fatalities. She…
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