Capital Soup

Florida News Straight From the Source

You are here: Home / Archives for Senator Janet Cruz

Senator Janet Cruz

Senator Janet Cruz and Representative Nicholas X. Duran to Host Press Conference on Insulin Co-Pay Cap Legislation during Diabetes Advocacy Day at the Capitol

Posted on

MEDIA ADVISORY

Representative Nicholas X. Duran  (D- Miami) has filed HB 109 in the Florida House of Representatives to help rein in the rising cost of insulin for people living with diabetes here in Florida, and will join Senator Janet Cruz (D- Tampa) for a press conference bringing attention to this life-threatening problem. [Read more…] about Senator Janet Cruz and Representative Nicholas X. Duran to Host Press Conference on Insulin Co-Pay Cap Legislation during Diabetes Advocacy Day at the Capitol

Senator Janet Cruz Re-Filing Legislation to Inform Floridians of Potential Groundwater Contamination

Posted on

Amid reports that Florida military bases, including Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base, have been identified as sites with some of the nation’s highest levels of PFAS contamination, Senator Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) has re-filed legislation (Senate Bill 492) to ensure Floridians with private wells are informed of potential threats to their water supply. [Read more…] about Senator Janet Cruz Re-Filing Legislation to Inform Floridians of Potential Groundwater Contamination

Sen. Janet Cruz files legislation requiring district oversight of school resource officers in Florida charter schools

Posted on

A School Resource Officer in an Orange County charter school was recently terminated after he made the egregious decision to arrest two 6-year-old children. [Read more…] about Sen. Janet Cruz files legislation requiring district oversight of school resource officers in Florida charter schools

Sen. Janet Cruz re-files legislation allowing unused Guardian funding to be used for general school safety spending

Posted on

Following committee hearings on mass gun violence and school safety, Senator Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) has re-filed legislation to allow local school districts who have not opted in the Guardian Program to request the leftover funding for general school safety spending. [Read more…] about Sen. Janet Cruz re-files legislation allowing unused Guardian funding to be used for general school safety spending

Senator Cruz files legislation to improve Florida’s public schools, ban for-profit charter schools

Posted on

Determined to put the focus on educating students over enriching for-profit companies capitalizing on Florida’s public school system, state Senator Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) has filed SB 584 & SB 586 today in an effort improve the safety standards of Florida’s schools and ban for-profit management of Florida’s charter schools. [Read more…] about Senator Cruz files legislation to improve Florida’s public schools, ban for-profit charter schools