Florida education news: Computer education, superintendent search, salary standoff and more

COMPUTER EDUCATION: Citing his commitment to jobs and education, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlights a $10 million investment into computer science teacher training and retention. It’s believed to be the largest such spending plan by a state. More from Florida Phoenix.

SUPERINTENDENTS: Retired Florida education commissioner Pam Stewart is among the applicants to become interim Volusia County superintendent. The School Board picks her and two others for interviews, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. • Charlotte County superintendent Steve Dionisio is set to get a raise and a revised contract, the Charlotte Sun reports. • The Broward County School Board will consider a proposal that would allow board members to try to fire their superintendent no more than twice a year, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

TEACHER PAY: Brevard County superintendent Mark Mullins announces a new teacher pay plan after rejecting a proposal from a special magistrate. The teachers union immediately denounces Mullins’ offer, Florida Today reports. • In central Florida, Seminole County teachers near a salary deal including 3 percent raise, while Orange and Lake counties continue to negotiate, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES: A Manatee County charter school has failed to pay into the state pension program, has $15,000 in unpaid water bills and has been running deficits for months, the Herald-Tribune reports. It’s the same school whose principal recently was stripped of his state certification.

DIVERSITY: The Marion County school district makes progress toward its goal of hiring more minority teachers and district-level administrators, but falls short in finding more minority school leaders, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.

MUSICAL CHAIRS: Twenty Duval County school principals are recommended for reassignment to different campuses, WJXT reports.

TAX TIMING: Duval County school district and government officials head into the final stretch of their debate over whether and when the district might hold a sales tax referendum, Florida Politics reports. The district has released a school by school list of its proposed projects, the Florida Times-Union reports.

NO PORTABLES ALLOWED: The City of Lake Worth tells a local charter school to get rid of its portable classrooms, which had been allowed temporarily, CBS 12 reports.

FIXING IT: The Palm Beach County school district reduces the number of reported hazardous conditions on campuses as its staff continues to work through its backlog of work orders, the Palm Beach Post reports.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA: The Charlotte County School Board will consider rules for employee use of medical marijuana, the Charlotte Sun reports.

BAD ACTS: The Florida Commission on Ethics finds the former Levy County director of school transportation abused his position by allegedly sexually harassing a coworker, WCJB reports. Bruce Greenlee, who also was mayor of Bronson at the time, has since resigned both posts, though he denies wrongdoing.

ICYMI: Yesterday’s Florida education news roundup