Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Ass'n v. Turlington

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment of the Circuit Court, Leon County, upholding, as against various attacks, the constitutionality of Sections 231.532 and 231.533, Florida Statutes (1984 Supp.). We affirm and adopt the following portions of Judge Miner’s opinion as our own:

“Plaintiffs here seek a judicial declaration that Secs. 231.532 and 231.533, F.S. are unconstitutional. The former section relates to what has been called the ‘Merit Schools Program’ and the latter makes provision for the ‘State Master Teacher Program’. Plaintiffs are employee organizations which collectively…