School Calendar Bill Defeated - Victory for Florida Tourism

During the festivities of yesterday’s Florida Tourism Day, we’ve also been working with our tourism partners and a grass-root parent organization Save our Summers, to defeat an attempt to change the current Florida statute which requires local School Boards to begin school no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day. An email campaign and flyers distributed throughout the Capitol by Florida Tourism Day participants helped set the stage for this afternoon’s vote.

Today, we were successful in keeping the school calendar unchanged, with a 4-1 vote in the Senate Pre K – 12 Education Committee.