More from Valerie Strauss:
House Bill 7189 passed the chamber before dawn today after hours of impassioned debate, and after conservative House Republicans ran over more moderate members of their own party who offered amendments to ease the measure's most controversial provisions.
Backers hailed the legislation as a model of reform for the nation, while many educators in the Sunshine State and beyond said it makes them fear for public education.
Already approved by the Senate, the legislation now rests with Crist, who first said he supported it but has been hinting that he may now use his veto because it is so unpopular.
Teachers, parents and students have been loudly protesting the legislation, which, if it becomes law, would:
If Crist signs it into law, I suppose it'll be fought in the courts.
Meanwhile, a few people expressed their outrage over the legislation:
Just hours after the Florida House passed the controversial teacher merit-pay bill in the wee hours of Friday morning up in Tallahassee, teachers and students in South Florida began to show unrest at the measure they say is unfair.
Teachers calling in sick and student walkouts have been reported throughout Miami-Dade this morning, mere hours after the bill which ties teacher pay to student performance was passed.
At Manuel C. Barreiro Elementary in Kendall, only about seven or eight teachers showed up to work today, with the rest calling in sick, a source said. Students were either sent home or left to wait out the school day in an extended recess.
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