The Florida House passed its version of the teacher working-conditions bill that was Senate Bill 6 last year and Senate Bill 736 this year. It's one of the policy issues I just haven't had time to discuss in the last month, though it's probably the largest attempt to change the nature of teaching as an occupation anywhere in the country in the last few decades. Rick Scott will sign it soon.
I would not be surprised if the Florida Education Association files a lawsuit to prevent implementation of at least a few items in the bill. That'll be a matter for the Florida court system, which is under fire by the Florida House Speaker in significant part because the highest court in Florida struck several of last year's proposed referenda off the ballot for misleading or unclear ballot language; Speaker Dean Cannon is supporting a proposal this year to split the state supreme court into two appellate courts, one with civil and one with criminal jurisdiction. This would be the first of potentially three bills that could be ensnared in litigation over the meaning of the state constitutional guarantee to public-employee collective bargaining.
I haven't reviewed the language that passed the legislature, but it's probably very close to the last version I did read, and there are some quirks no one has commented publicly on. That may mean that I'm misreading the language, but after the semester is over I need (or at least want) to read the language carefully. Among other things, this is the fourth bill in the last 12 years to mandate merit pay, or at least to try to.
Disclosure: As a member of the United Faculty of Florida, I am also a member of the Florida Education Association, which represents the vast majority of K-12 teachers union locals in the state.