DeSantis would get this nearly unprecedented new power under Florida bill

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A proposal in the Florida Legislature to give Gov. Ron DeSantis more power over high school sports is nearly unprecedented. The Tampa Bay Times could find only one state that currently has similar executive authority over its primary prep athletics association: Delaware.

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Though groups such as the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) and its board of directors are easy to overlook, their policies and procedures help shape students’ high school careers. That means a potential overhaul to Florida’s governing body is worth exploring.
What changes are proposed?
The board would shrink to nine members and be chosen very differently under HB 225 and SB 308. Eight members would be appointed by the governor, with confirmation by the Senate, and the ninth would be the education commissioner.

The proposal comes after the association board chose not to include mandatory questions about students’ menstrual cycles in paperwork given to schools for player participation. It also comes as DeSantis gains or exerts more executive power, from removing and replacing the Hillsborough County state attorney and school board members to controlling Walt Disney World’s government services.


https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/29/ron-desantis-fhsaa-executive-power-high-school-sports/

How is this guy going to run for President of the entire country when he is being made responsible for managing everything in just one state?

[nature-lover]

1. He is the Jared Kushner of Florida.

[Mad_Machine76]

2. Ha!

Good way to put it.

[riversedge]

3. Desantis asked the legislators for all these changes {and more but some cut-not many}. The Repug

legislators gives him what he wants for the most part--and his 'cabinet-- the heads of all the state bodies such as dept of ed and department of health carry out his mandates.

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6. Oh I'm sure

I'm sure he is *reluctantly* accepting all of these new powers.

[Irish_Dem]

4. He is showing us what he will do if he wins the WH.

FASCSIM.

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5. YUP