SPEEDWEEK EVENTS. THAT’S COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. NEW. AT NOON, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS MADE A STOP IN ORLANDO TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION. THE GOVERNOR VISITED UCF’S FACILITY IN LAKE NONA THIS MORNING TO ADDRESS WHAT HE CALLS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BANNING BOOKS IN FLORIDA, WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS WAS THERE AND TONY THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE’S LOOKING AT REFORM WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH BOOKS CAN AND CAN’T MAKE IT INTO SCHOOLS. YEAH, NANCY THE GOVERNOR HAD A ROOM FILLED THIS MORNING. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO BE CLEAR THAT BOOKS AREN’T BANNED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT RATHER HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOOKS THAT ARE IN SCHOOLS DON’T CONTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL. THE GOVERNOR WAS JOINED BY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER MANNY DIAZ TO STRESS THAT BOOKS ABOUT ROBERTO CLEMENTE, RUBY BRIDGES, AND BOOKS LIKE TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ARE FIT FOR CLASSROOMS. DESANTIS INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST WHAT HE CALLS BAD ACTORS IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. HE ALSO CALLED ON LEGISLATORS TO PUT POLICIES IN PLACE THAT WILL PRIORITIZE PARENTS INPUT OVER PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE KIDS LEARNING. HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THEN WHAT YOU CAN ALSO DO IS IF YOU OBJECT TO LIKE A TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD OR HANK AARON, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A FRIVOLOUS OBJECTION. THOSE BOOKS SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL. THERE IN MAYBE AFTER 1 OR 2 FRIVOLOUS OBJECTIONS. YOU HAVE TO PAY A FINE BECAUSE YOU’RE PUTTING PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS. SO WE’RE TOYING WITH A LOT OF THINGS IN TERMS OF THAT PROCESS. THIS. IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE GOVERNOR ALSO CLAIMED THAT 42 OF THE STATE’S 67 COUNTIES HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE WITH BOOKS, WITH ANY BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN BANNED SINCE THE NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT. FOR NO