This morning, we reportedon some of the issues the state's social conservatives are keeping their eye on as the 2013 session approaches. Also this morning, a bill that these same conservatives are keeping a supportive eye on has been approved by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, its final stop before heading to the full Senate floor for an up or down vote.

The Florida Council of 100, the Florida Chamber Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation, and AT&T are set to co-host a summit on the new Common Core State Standards and other educational issues confronting Florida at SeaWorld in Orlando on Feb. 27. The agenda includes:

The League of Women Voters of Florida, which has offered its own election reform other than what is now before legislators, has come out with its own ideas for repairing the states broken and badly damaged" campaign financing system.

The Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections will take a trip from the Capitol to the Leon County supervisor of elections' operations center in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning. Committee Chairman Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, called for the onsite visit to an elections center so committee members could receive demonstrations on the process in which both in-person and mailed absentee ballots, early voting ballots, provisional ballots and Election Day ballots are handled.

Gov. Rick Scott will head to Jacksonville on Tuesday to highlight portions of his transportation budget proposal. Scott, who on Friday went to the SWIFT Sunguide Center in Naples to promote $140 million worth of projects he has proposed for South Floridas roads, is set to appear at the Best Western on Salisbury Drive for Tuesdays midday media announcement.

The Daily Caller reports that the president of Brevard Community College is recommending that the school's board of trustees fireSharon Sweet, a tenured associate professor of mathematics, forelectioneering, harassment, and incompetence, after she pressured her students to sign oaths pledging their electoral support to President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

Defense grants totaling $2.6 million have been awarded to 10 projects across the state, the governors office announced Monday. With numerous bases across Florida, nearly 100,000 men and women who serve in active and reserve duty are living in the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release. These $2.6 million in grants will enhance relationships between Florida communities and the military, to ensure were doing the best job possible in working with our nations armed services.

The Orlando City Lions' bid to enter Major League Soccer got a boost Monday with the entry of a major financial backer from Brazil to the club's ownership group -- a move that could push the team closer to getting its new 18,000-seat, $105 million soccer stadium.

The Miami Herald reports that South Florida's business community is experiencing a rebound in the number of loan approvals. Lenders are expressing a greater interest than they have in the past few years in terms of meeting the needs of the small-business community, Marjorie Weber, Miami-Dade Chapter Chair of SCORE, which helps business owners put loan packages together and refers them to bankers, tells the Herald.

Gov. Rick Scott is taking his push for an across-the-board $2,500 pay raise for teachers to the State Board of Education as they meet Monday in Orlando.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is backing the announcement that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will follow state procurement guidelines.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, 44 other state attorneys general, and the federal government reached a $12 million settlement with Victory Pharma Inc., resolving allegations that VPI provided unlawful kick-backs to health care professionals to persuade them to prescribe their drugs. Florida will receive more than $46,000 as part of this settlement.

The Orlando Sentinel reports on at least one unintended consequence of a105-page bill introduced last year by Rep. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and passed by the Florida Legislature. The measure requires foreign visitors to be inpossessionof an "International Driving Permit" in order to lawfully drive vehicles in Florida. In response to concerns raised by the tourism industry and by the international community, theDepartment of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is delaying implementation of the law, which might violate the 1949Geneva Convention on Road Traffic.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is revising its purchasing policy in a belt-tightening move that includes legal reviews on contracts topping $65,000 and managers to watch over deals worth more than $35,000. The changes announced Friday state that the state-backed insurer will conform with state agency regulations unless the procurement procedures are already more stringent than the state.

Did you know Carole Crist has two children by her ex-husband Todd Rome? Probably not. How would you? Neither she nor her husband Charlie are ever seen with them. And that's the problem now. Carole apparently has "mommy issues" -- as in "I don't want to be one."