{"id":5812,"date":"2025-10-16T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5812\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T01:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:01:08","slug":"proposed-bill-would-require-florida-teachers-to-take-oath-to-support-u-s-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/5812\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed bill would require Florida teachers to take oath to support U.S., state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida teachers would have to take an oath to the nation and the state under a proposal filed Monday by Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The measure (HB 147) would be required for public school teachers, similar to oaths taken by lawyers, doctors, and public officials, according to a news release from Fabricio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bill is filed for consideration during the legislative session that will start Jan. 13. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bill would require teachers to take an oath that says: <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida teachers would have to take an oath to the nation and the state&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5238,28,30,29,1443,4031,4030],"class_list":{"0":"post-5812","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-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-legislature","13":"tag-oath","14":"tag-teachers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812","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=5812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}