Category: Legislature
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A proposed law for Florida seeks merit pay for teachers; major school districts nervous
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Officials of teachers’ unions in Broward and Miami-Dade are wary of a newly filed bill that establishes teachers pay based on performance and places limitations on tenure. -
House sponsor quickly withdraws “nuclear bomb” of Florida pension reform
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Hammered with “thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls” from angry police officers across the state, a rookie legislator Thursday withdrew his week-old bill seeking to overhaul Florida’s public retirement plans. -
Proposed overhaul of Florida’s public retirement plans would limit benefits, end popular DROP program
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
With the state facing a mounting financial crisis, a new bill has been proposed that would slash retirement benefits for state and local government employees.
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