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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lawmakers teachers clash over upcoming florida constitutional amendment - What They Never Told You

Candidate signs line the sidewalk outside a polling place where primary voters are deciding local school board races, on August 20, 2024 in Orlando, Florida, the US [Photo by Gabrielle Russon]

Orlando, United States – A constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would turn Florida’s school board elections into partisan races is stirring controversy among Democrats and educators, some of whom view it as a power play by the US state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

If the ballot question passes in the November general election, candidates for the school board would be required to list their political parties starting November 2026.

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