Florida is suing two major textbook publishers — McGraw Hill, Savvas Learning Company — alleging they have overcharged schools millions There is between $37-60 million at stake, per Ron DeSantis "Those resources should be going to the school districts, to the teachers"

An interim president emerges at FLORIDA: Donald Landry, former Chair of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University and Hamilton Southworth Professor of Medicine.

Landry has been at Columbia for some 40 years He views UF as the "opportunity of a lifetime" -- "A preeminent university in what one could argue is the preeminent state in this nation at this moment in time," Landry told trustees

This is a great pick! A high power scientist, physician and solid leader, from what I have been told. Go Gators!!

UF trustees unanimously approve hiring Donald Landry as interim president. This move is subject to approval from the state university system board, and the school is still expected to have a nationwide presidential search.

The art of DeSantis: Ron DeSantis addresses the wave of street/crosswalk art being removed across Florida: State officials say 400 locations were targeted, including "back the blue" art, student artwork "We're not doing the commandeering of the roads to put up messaging"

DeSantis: "Now with the Trump administration, they are very aggressive on saying that the road should not have the markings on them, and that's not the appropriate thing to do. You have agreement now, state, federal. I think we're all swimming in the same direction."

Florida will soon be rolling out a pilot program… Testing out drone squadrons to respond to school threats. I spoke with the company behind the novel concept to see how it would work. ActionNewsJax shorturl.at/GZwVg

New: A billionaire hedge-fund manager and a New York City charter network lobbied to expand a school-privatization program in Florida, according to records obtained by Seeking Rents... 🧵...

With billionaire Ken Griffin on hand, New York's Success Academy announced it will open its 1st charter school in Miami. Success Academy's CEO praised Ron DeSantis & the Legislature for passing a new subsidizing the expansion – a law lobbyists for Success & Griffin helped write