Civics

The change will require that students understand the nation’s founding documents, and involves instilling patriotic values in schoolchildren.

They include a requirement for out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians, and surveys to assess the “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” at state colleges and universities.

Will adding language that promotes civic literacy into the state constitution make Florida’s students more aware of their rights? A proposal to do just...