A proposed tax on nicotine products could double Colorado's preschool investment, pay for afterschool and summer enrichment programs for low-income families, and chip away at Colorado's highest-in-the-nation teen vaping rate.

Cory LeClair, who has worked with SAU 6 for the past nine years, has been hired to serve as superintendent for the Plainfield and Cornish school districts. He replaces Frank Perotti, who has been hired as superintendent in Croydon.

Brenda Cassellius has been named as the new superintendent of Boston Public Schools. She has served as the Minnesota commissioner of education from 2011 through an administration change earlier this year.

Florida legislators sent the School Safety Act, with a controversial component, to Gov. Ron DeSantis for a signature. The bill expands the voluntary “school guardian” program, which currently allows school staff, including teachers, to be trained and armed.