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The Florida House unanimously passed a bill on Thursday that would provide $20 million to victims of abuse at the closed Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and another state reform school in Okeechobee County. Men who were abused as children at the Dozier school watched from the House gallery as lawmakers approved the bill (HB 21), sponsored by Reps. Michelle Salzman (R-Pensacola) and Kiyan Michael (R-Jacksonville), according to the News Service of Florida. James “Harley” DeNyke, 75, who was sent to the Dozier school in 1964, said he wanted “closure.” He and others have been coming t…

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