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Today's news
TEACHER NO MORE: Daniel Ray Madril loses his Florida teaching license after getting caught peeping on the girl's locker room in his Hernando County middle school three years ago.
MARTIN SUPERINTENDENT TO RETIRE: Sara Wilcox, who has held the job for 14 years, will not seek reelection, the Palm Beach Post reports.
TEXAS DOES IT BIGGER: Florida's student-athlete drug testing program has turned up just one violator, the Houston Chronicle reports. Texas officials, who start a similar program this year, say they'll catch more because their effort is broader.
CRIST SAYS AMENDMENT 1 WON'T HURT SCHOOLS: "Approval of Amendment 1 on Tuesday can make a difference for Florida's homeowners — and for those who long to be homeowners. But it doesn't have to make a difference in funding for our students," the governor writes in an op-ed piece for the Sun-Sentinel.
OFF TO IRAQ: The principal of a Broward charter school takes a leave of absence to do a tour of duty. His dad, also an educator, will run the school in his absence, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
TEACHERS FOR SLOTS: The Miami-Dade teachers union endorses a referendum to allow slot machines at the county's dog and horse tracks and jai-alai frontons, saying the school district needs the projected revenue, the Miami Herald reports.
MIDTERMS OVER, FCAT NEXT: Lee County schools have scaled back activities to give students time to study during the testing season, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.
EXPANDING CHOICES: Brevard schools receive more funding than any other Florida district to launch new career academies, Florida Today reports.
AMENDMENT COULD AFFECT VOUCHERS: A committee of the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission supports a proposal that could pave the way for additional funding of education vouchers to private, religious schools, the AP reports. (To see the proposal, click here and go to CP0020)
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