New security proposals: The state commission investigating the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has a 99-page draft list of sweeping recommendations to improve security at the state's schools. But panel chairman Bob Gualtieri says the immediate focus will be on things that can be done quickly and cheaply without requiring changes to the law, such as guarding open gates and better training teachers for emergencies. “We have to accept that we can’t prevent another one of these,” says Gualtieri. “It is going to happen again. The question is when and where, and the ultimate question is what have we done and implemented as quickly as we can to mitigate the harm?" Sun-Sentinel. Politico Florida. Nine months after the Feb. 14 shootings at Stoneman Douglas, in which 17 people died, few people have faced consequences for their decisions before and during the massacre. Sun-Sentinel.

27 fall ill at school: Twenty-six students and an employee at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale are hospitalized after reporting seizures, shortness of breath, headaches, nosebleeds and fainting Monday. All were treated and released a few hours later. The cause for the outbreak is unknown. “There is no rhyme or reason at this time,” says Stephen Gollan, a spokesman for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. “We really don’t know. It’s very, very weird.” Sun-Sentinel. Miami Herald. (more…)

Amendment 8 appeal: The state’s Office of the Attorney General announces it plans to appeal a Leon County judge's decision to remove proposed constitutional Amendment 8 from the November ballot. Judge John Cooper ruled that the amendment, which would allow the Legislature to create an organization to authorize charter schools, set term limits for school board members and require civics education in schools, is "misleading" because it doesn't inform voters of its true purpose. News Service of Florida. Orlando Sentinel. WFSU. Four former Florida legislators start a group, Save My Constitution, that's calling on voters to reject all eight of the constitutional amendments proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission. They say the proposals are "confusing" and "misleading." Tallahassee Democrat. News Service of Florida.

Redirecting funds: Gov. Rick Scott wants legislators to allow school districts to use money that was set aside to arm school employees for other school security measures. Lawmakers allocated $67 million to arm school employees but only 24 of the 67 districts were interested, so only about $9.4 million has been used. Scott wants the remaining funds to be distributed among districts, prorated by enrollment, for any school security expenses. News Service of Florida. WLRN. Florida Politics. (more…)