Florida Passes Bill to Deal With Legacy of Notorious School
Source: Associated Press
Seeking to address a "dark stain" on Florida's history, the state Legislature is offering to pay to rebury students whose remains were once interred on the grounds of a now shuttered reform school.
Legislators on Tuesday sent to Gov. Rick Scott a measure that attempts to come to terms with the notorious legacy of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. The Marianna school located 60 miles west of Tallahassee was shuttered in 2011 and some former students have accused school officials of physical and sexual abuse.
The University of South Florida recently concluded a multi-year investigation of the campus and researchers exhumed dozens of bodies buried there.
The bill sent to Scott would provide up to $7,500 for funeral and burial expenses for each exhumed body. It also would require officials to preserve records, artifacts and remains found on the school site. Lastly, the legislation would create a task force charged with devising plans for a memorial and figuring out what to do with any unidentified or unclaimed remains.
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By GARY FINEOUT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mar 8, 2016, 2:59 PM ET
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