Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Differences between the House and Senate stem from the approach to funding for preeminent research universities, including USF, and the move of USF Sarasota-Manatee to New College.

The bill will “provide once and for all for the decertification of partisan teacher unions,” DeSantis said before signing the measure at Fort Myers High School.

A GOP-controlled subcommittee approved the proposal following often-emotional testimony about issues such as women’s health and pregnancies caused by rapes.

They come after the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy last year.