“DeSantis said he considers that amendment a violation of the U.S. Constitution.”

“DeSantis criticized teacher unions for 'partisan political activism' and said the new legislation he signed to allow school districts to provide pay incentives to teachers, would block teacher unions from challenging the policies.”

“DeSantis said teacher unions 'don’t represent the values of teachers or their interests.'”

“DeSantis argued that the state legislature’s passing of legislation six years ago raised the base salary for teachers in a majority of the school districts in the state to more than $47,000 after the state had languished near the bottom nationally of the pay scale for teachers.”

“DeSantis said the new map reshapes a southeastern Florida district that was created to help elect a Black representative in an attempt to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act.”