Florida senators previewed possible education deregulation legislation Tuesday, including one bill that would allow students who are at least 16 to test for high school equivalency degrees with only parental permission.
“It’s just a simple exemption,” Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, told reporters. “If parents sign off, the student can go get their GED and then enter into the workforce or workforce training … We don’t want to hold those students back who already know what they want to accomplish.”
Right now, a 16-year-old can only do so under “extraordinary circumstances” as allowed by their school district. “This opens up the door for them,” Simon said.
He’s the chair of the Florida Senate's Committee on PreK-12 Education, which held a brief workshop on deregulation ideas from committee Republicans and the state's Department of Education. Those ideas came in the dozens, floated for the regular legislative session that starts in January.
Back to school: Florida senators preview possible K-12 deregulation bills
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