AMENDMENT REMOVED FROM BALLOT

A Leon County circuit judge has ruled that a proposed education constitutional amendment should be removed from the November ballot. Circuit Judge John Cooper said the wording of Amendment 8 failed to inform voters of its impact on the creation of charter schools. The proposed amendment would impose eight-year term limits on school board members and would require the promotion of “civic literacy” in public schools. The League of Women Voters of Florida mounted a legal challenge saying the Amendment would also have led to the expansion of charter schools. It is expected that Judge Cooper’s ruling will be appealed.