The Associated Press reports:
Florida officials are threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school superintendent who criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing the educator of violating several statutes and DeSantis directives and allowing his “personal political views” to guide his leadership. Such a revocation by the state Department of Education could allow DeSantis to remove Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna from his elected office.
Hanna has publicly opposed the governor’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, once defied the governor’s order that barred any mandate that students wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and criticized a DeSantis-backed bill that recently passed that will pay for students to attend private school. He said the investigation was spurred by a single complaint from a leader of the local chapter of Moms for Liberty, a conservative education group, requesting his removal.
Read the full article. There’s much more. The letter from Moms For Liberty was stamped “Let’s Go Brandon.”
The domestic terrorist group Moms for Liberty and fascist authoritarian @GovRonDeSantis are going after school superintendents to don’t toe the right-wing crazies’ line. Here’s the latest example, and this superintendent is elected, not appointed. #Florida https://t.co/zwmJrmIvV1
— Tim Massie (@tcmassie) April 27, 2023
Penalties include a reprimand, fine, probation, restriction of practice, suspension of no more than five years, revocation of no more than 10 years or a permanent revocation of his teaching license. https://t.co/slWJ3OkXPk
— Tallahassee Democrat (@TDOnline) April 27, 2023