Some FL GOP lawmakers want school boards to be partisan; would there be consequences?

[RandySF]

With the growing spotlight on school board races in recent years, some Florida GOP lawmakers want to see if voters think local school boards should be partisan — meaning school board members could be Democrats, Republicans, or another signifier of political alignments.

For at least two decades, the status quo has been nonpartisan school boards.

But the issue is important enough — there are 67 traditional school districts and some 2.8 million students in Florida’s public schools — that voters could go to the polls to decide if the boards should be partisan or nonpartisan. The decision would be in the form of a constitutional amendment placed on the November 2026 ballot.

Republican lawmakers are currently pushing a bill, HJR 31, to do just that.

The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Spencer Roach, a Republican from Southwest Florida. The Senate version, SJR 94, is sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters, who represents Sarasota and part of Manatee County.




https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/some-fl-gop-lawmakers-want-school-boards-be-partisan-would-there-be-consequences

[TheRealNorth]

1. The Republicans want everything partisan

So they can purge the Democrats from everything.