SB 256, one of the bills signed by the governor, focuses on “paycheck protection.” This includes prohibiting teachers unions from deducting union dues directly from teachers’ paychecks. In one significant change, Florida will become the first state to allow use of the Classic Learning Test, or CLT, as an alternative to the Scholastic Aptitude Test or the American College Testing exam to determine whether students qualify to graduate. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed four landmark pieces of education legislation Tuesday that seek to “empower teachers,” protect schools from the harmful effects of social media, expand student scholarships, and authorize one standardized test as an alternative to two others.ĭeSantis’ office has dubbed the package of four bills the “Teachers Bill of Rights,” saying it contains some of the largest reforms to public education since the school choice wave that began in Florida in 1996. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good and no evil - only winners and losers.Florida Gov. The body-count is mounting and a deadly and relentless manhunt begins. Alex's task is to track down and eliminate the killer, and to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liaison officer - the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers and it looks as if the killer is an insider, one of the Regiment's own. SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission.

'First-rate action thriller' - Express 'Pure, unadulterated violence-all part of the myth and mystique of the SAS' - Mirror 'Fast-paced, sexy, violent' - Sunday Mercury 'A truly excellent work' - ***** Reader review 'Best I've read in a while and I'm a voracious reader' - ***** Reader review 'Fast paced, loads of action and I couldn't put it. This high-octane, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. A duel to death between an SAS soldier and the man who taught him everything he knows. Alex's task is to track down and eliminate the killer, and to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liason officer - Dawn Harding. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers and it looks as if the killer is an insider. SAS Captain, Alex Temple is on an urgent mission.

The watchman by chris ryan