AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoParental Rights & Curriculum: Florida lawmakers are advancing HB 173, a major parental-rights push that could reshape what families control in schools and minors’ healthcare. Teacher Misconduct: A Hillsborough County middle school teacher, Christian Schneider, was arrested after investigators said he sent inappropriate messages to a former teenage student and admitted communicating inappropriately since 2023. School Choice Watch: Arkansas expects about 5,500 more students to join its Educational Freedom Account program in 2026-27, raising the projected cost to more than $367 million—another reminder of how school choice spending scales. Higher Ed & Health: Tallahassee leaders are rallying around a near-final plan to merge Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare into “FSU Health,” pitching it as a regional economic engine. STEM K-12 Expansion: Jacksonville educator Dr. Cynthia Smith’s tuition-free K-12 STEM school, Minds of the Future Academy, received full accreditation and is moving forward with community-backed enrollment. Local School Spotlight: Brevard’s “State of the Schools” highlighted graduation and readiness gains, plus expanded career and technical education programs at Eastern Florida State College.
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