{"id":4763,"date":"2025-10-15T13:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/4763\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:39:08","slug":"new-florida-bill-would-require-teachers-to-take-an-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/4763\/","title":{"rendered":"New Florida bill would require teachers to take an oath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLA. \u2014 Lawmakers filed <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flhouse.gov\/Sections\/Documents\/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0147__.docx&amp;DocumentType=Bill&amp;BillNumber=147&amp;Session=2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House Bill 147<\/a> into the Florida Senate, Monday. The bill would require teachers to take an oath. It would state:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will support, protect, and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and the Constitution and Government of the State of Florida; that I am duly qualified for employment as a classroom teacher in this state; that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of a classroom teacher in a professional, independent, objective, and nonpartisan manner; that I will uphold the highest standards of academic integrity and professional ethics; that I will foster a respectful learning environment for all students, which promotes critical thinking, civic responsibility, and lifelong learning; and that I will serve as a positive role model in both conduct and character, so help me God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If passed, it would take affect July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLA. \u2014 Lawmakers filed House Bill 147 into the Florida Senate, Monday. The bill would require teachers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5238,28,5239,30,100,29,4031,232,4030],"class_list":{"0":"post-4763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-bill","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-bill","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-legislature","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-oath","15":"tag-tallahassee","16":"tag-teachers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}