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Charter School Operator Named Chairman on Florida Senate K-20 Education Policy Committee | Scathing Purple Musings

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Charter School Operator Named Chairman on Florida Senate K-20 Education Policy Committee

Only in Florida can this happen.
Fresh off his victory for a Senate seat in which an ethics complaint against him was filled, John Legg hit the lottery in bagging a key chair of a committee for which he will be driving policy which will financially benefit him.Founder of Dayspring Academy Charter School, John Legg is now listed as the school’s “business administrator.  It must be lost on senate president Don Gaetz that Legg has a conflict of interest in his position as chairman of the powerful K-20 Education Policy Committee.
Freshman state Sen. John Legg, R-Pasco County, announced Wednesday that he has been named the chairman of the K-20 Education Policy Committee. He also will serve on the K-20 Education Appropriations Subcommittee.