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When lawmakers tried to force through legislation to end teacher tenure last year… thousands rallied at the state capitol. This year a similar bill is soaring through the legislative process. One week into session and it’s already passed the Senate. Teachers aren’t being heard as loudly this go round… because they’re in the classroom, planning spring break trips to Tallahassee. Florida Education Association spokesman Mark Pudlow says the changes are likely to pass before teachers can make it to the capitol.

“It comes in and gets passed before teachers take their spring break and give them an opportunity to come up here, and I think that was definitely a calculated effort,” said Pudlow.

Lawmakers in support of the legislation that would put teachers on one year contracts and tie pay raises to student performance says the legislation is moving faster because they began working on the bill last year… not to keep teachers from rallying at the Capitol.