Capitol Update – Nightly During Session – Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Capitol Update is daily review of state government during the Legislative Session. Today’s topics include:

• The full House and Senate teed up their appropriations bills for a vote.
• A House committee approved a bill that would merge Florida Polytechnic University with the University of Florida, and New College with FSU.
• The Board of Education approved replacing Common Core standards with “Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking” (BEST).