School Boards

Florida has had nonpartisan school board elections since 1998. If the amendment that Roach sponsored passes in November, it will restrict No Party Affiliation voters from choosing candidates in primary elections.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed the primary results in this week’s school board races, a proposed amendment that asks Florida voters to decide whether to make school board elections partisan, claims from the DNC, a roundup of environmental news from the weekend and a Florida athlete on the Wheaties box.

School board elections in Florida are nonpartisan, but this November, voters will get to decide if they want to change that.

School board elections in Florida are nonpartisan, but this November voters will get to decide if they want to change to partisan elections.

School board elections in Florida are nonpartisan, but this November voters will get to decide if they want to change to partisan elections.

Republicans have managed to increase their party's control over all but 12 of Florida’s 67 county school boards, according to a new analysis of election data. The GOP’s control has increased from 44 counties to 55 in just a few years.

They include the abortion and recreational marijuana initiatives the Florida Supreme Court signed off on, along with partisan school board elections.

A proposed constitutional amendment requiring partisan elections for school board members on or after November 2026 is on this year's ballot. The measure would also apply to the primaries for the 2026 general election.

As the group has amassed widespread conservative support and donor funding, its focus on education ensures that school board elections will remain some of the most contentious political fights next year.

DeSantis also signed a bill that places an eight-year term limits for school board members.

Twenty-six people applied to be the next superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, but the district's search consultant says he's only really confident in two. Florida politics are partially to blame, he says.

Said Senate President Kathleen Passidomo: “After all, the Legislature is term-limited out at eight years, and what’s good for us is good for pretty much anybody else.”