The big story: A little over six weeks ago, Florida senators declared with legislation that parents know best when it comes to their children’s vaccination schedule.

The House ignored the bill, which would have granted more personal exemptions to school vaccine requirements.

This week, the Senate is poised to try again during a special session that begins Tuesday.

“SB 6D is identical to the bill the Senate passed on March 9,“ Senate President Ben Albritton wrote to his colleagues on Friday. ”I am referring SB 6D to the Committee on Rules for consideration on Tuesday. We heard extensive public testimony on this legislation in multiple committees during the regular session. As such, I have asked Rules Chair (Kathleen) Passidomo to move the bill through the committee process as expeditiously as possible.”

That will allow time for consideration of a proposal on congressional redistricting, which has yet to be made public.

The “medical freedom” proposal still faces skepticism, including from House Speaker Daniel Perez, who has school-aged children.

“In the middle of a measles outbreak, it’s tough for me to all of a sudden allow for children in schools to not have the measles vaccine, to not have polio (vaccines), to not have chicken pox (vaccines),” he recently told WPLG.

The governor’s office is still pushing for action. Read more from the Tampa Bay Times.

Arts education: A Hillsborough County elementary school teacher teaches children life lessons through drumline. Also see a photo gallery of the action.

Budget cuts: Highlands County students are urging the school district not to close Highlands Career Institute as part of its cost-savings measures, Highlands News-Sun reports.

Contract talks: Negotiations for Orange County teacher contracts broke down over health insurance premiums, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

School politics: Education commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas accused St. Johns County superintendent Brennan Asplen of encouraging teachers to vote against lawmakers who support vouchers, Jacksonville Today reports. Asplen denied the allegation, WJAX reports. • The state education department launched an investigation into Broward County school board chairperson Sarah Leonardi after she acknowledged using public school funds for a political event, Florida Politics reports.

Teacher resignations: Exit surveys show more than 100 Palm Beach County teachers quit their jobs because of low salaries, WFLX reports.

From the police blotter … A Marion County elementary school paraprofessional was arrested on accusations of child pornography possession, WCJB reports.

From the court docket … A Pinellas County family is suing the school district, alleging that lax hiring procedures led to an employee sexually abusing their daughter.

“In a district serving more than 200,000 students, class sizes are not static. They change as enrollment shifts, students move, schedules are refined and staffing adjustments are made throughout the year. Data pulled at a single moment, before those adjustments occur, should not be interpreted as a definitive judgment on classroom conditions.” — Van Ayres, Hillsborough County schools superintendent, in the Tampa Bay Times

“Without clear answers about how schools make decisions regarding book removals, officials risk blurring the line between routine library management and censorship.” — William Johnson, Florida director of PEN America, in a news release about Polk County library book actions

“When vaccine protections weaken, the impact shows up first in emergency departments, on pediatric floors and in families’ daily lives. That is why Florida’s long-standing school vaccine safeguards matter so profoundly.” — Sarah Marsicek, a pediatric hospital medicine physician in Gainesville, in the Orlando Sentinel

South Florida activist Chaz Stevens has tried to get the Bible and dictionary banned from schools as controversial material. He’s back with another challenge. What’s he up to this time?

a) Donating a digital satire he wrote called “The Trump Bible” to schools and then petitioning to have it removed

b) Challenging any use of artificial intelligence to flag objectionable school library content without context

c) Arguing that Gov. Ron DeSantis holding press conferences in public schools during the class day is an inappropriate political use

Find the answer in this story from Florida Politics.

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