Chaotic Fla. Session Puts School Issues On Hold

By Alan Richard

Florida lawmakers will trudge back to the state capital soon for their second special session in as many months, after failing to pass a rewrite of the laws that govern the state's education system.

The Republican-controlled legislature closed its regular session in March without resolving issues crucial to school leaders. Among the unresolved items were a revamping of state law to merge K-12 and higher education and coming up with a state budget for the next fiscal year.

Legislators returned to Tallahassee the first week of April for a special session, but ended the four-day session on April 5 when lawmakers couldn't agree on an amendment on...