8 April 2018 Currents
> continued from page 7 awarded to first-generation students and establishes a scholarship program for students from farmworker families . Requires universities to use a four-year graduation rate in its performance-based funding formula , instead of six years . Eliminates free speech zones . Consolidates the University of South Florida campuses , eliminating the independence of the USF St . Petersburg campus from Tampa .
School District Accountability : Requires large school districts to employ an internal auditor , and triggers an investigation into districts that are unable to pay debts and liabilities and mandates that they withhold the salaries of certain superintendents and school board members who oversee districts that have financial emergency conditions . Also prohibits former elected superintendents to lobby school districts , aligns school board member salaries with beginning teacher salaries .
Apprenticeships : Allows high school students to count credits earned in approved apprenticeships toward their graduation requirements .
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