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Florida Just Became the Largest State to Mandate Personal Finance Education in High School

Florida is officially the largest state to mandate a financial literacy course for high school graduation. On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Bill SB 1054. The legislation was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives and the state Senate in early March. The new law will apply to students entering ninth grade in the 2023-2024 school year and will require them to take a half-credit course in personal finance before graduating. More information in the Tampa Bay Times and CNBC.

Many Florida teachers will see increases starting July 1. But how much and who gets them?

Florida will set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to raise the salaries of thousands of Florida teachers, including veteran educators, as part of a multi-year effort. The pay increases will benefit teachers in more than a dozen school districts that are still trying to raise the minimum base salary for teachers to $47,500 — a top priority for Governor Ron DeSantis over the past three years. From July 1 with the new financial year, there will be more offers for veteran teachers, who already earn above base salary and have not benefited from previous initiatives. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

Here’s how a new law is fast playing a role in the search for new college presidents in Florida

The search for new presidents at state universities is heating up after Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will protect the personal information of applicants for top college and university jobs. DeSantis signed the measure last week, which took effect immediately. It came as five universities — the University of Florida, University of South Florida, Florida International University, University of North Florida and University of the Gulf Coast of Florida — are at various stages of finding new leaders. [Source: WLRN]

Florida judge launches tuition lawsuit

The lawsuit is part of a series of similar legal fights in Florida and across the country over decisions by colleges and universities to close campuses and move classes online in 2020. The University of Florida, Florida State University and the state university system’s board of governors, for example, have been the target of lawsuits from students who alleged they did not receive services after making payments. [Source: News Service of Florida]

Rhea Law chosen as president-elect of the University of South Florida

The University of South Florida (BOT) Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to appoint Rhea Law as the university’s president-elect. Law, who has served as USF’s interim president since August, will become the university’s eighth president and first USF alumnus to hold the position, pending confirmation by the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) this week. next. More Florida Trend and Tampa Bay Times.

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