Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature on perhaps the highest-profile bill of the 2024 legislative session means many teens in Florida could be prohibited from opening social media accounts starting next year — but legal challenges are sure to follow. Lawmakers this month overwhelmingly passed the bill…
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New College of Florida is in line to receive $1.1 million in what is known as performance-based funding after state university system officials on Wednesday signed off on a “student success plan monitoring report” presented by the school’s president, Richard Corcoran. The small liberal arts…
Read More Board Approves $1.1 Million For New College Of Florida
About $1.1 million is on the line for New College of Florida as President Richard Corcoran is slated next week to present a “student success plan monitoring report” to state university system officials — after the school lost out on about $2 million in potential…
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In a rare instance of a federal appeals court in Florida siding against DeSantis, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected restrictions that Republican lawmakers placed on addressing race-related issues in workplace training. The restrictions were part of a controversial…
Read More Federal Appeals Court Rejects Restrictions On Florida Gov. DeSantis ‘Stop WOKE Act’
The Florida Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a measure designed to keep “identity politics” out of teacher preparation programs that lead to educators getting their professional certificates, readying the bill to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 28-12 along party…
Read More Controversial Teacher Prep Bill Heads To Florida Gov. DeSantis
The state Department of Education could soon be responsible for preparing academic standards about the history of communism to be taught in grades as low as kindergarten, under a bill that received final approval Wednesday in the Florida House. The House voted 106-7 to pass…
Read More Florida Lawmakers Back History Of Communism In Schools
The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would provide tuition and fee waivers for students who have dropped out of high school and pursue diplomas and workforce credentials at state colleges. The measure (SB 7032), which needs House approval before it could…
Read More College Aid OK’d For High School Dropouts In Florida The Florida House on Thursday passed a measure that would allow school districts to authorize volunteer chaplains to provide “support, services and programs” to students in public schools, amid a debate about whether the bill would be constitutional. Under the proposal (HB 931) chaplains would…
Read More Florida House Signs Off On School Chaplains
A bill that would allow people who have dropped out of high school to get tuition waivers to pursue diplomas and workforce credentials at Florida colleges got unanimous backing Wednesday from a key House committee. But some members of the House Education & Employment Committee…
Read More Plan Could Give Dropouts In Florida College Aid
An at-times tense meeting of a House panel Tuesday exposed a simmering debate about whether a proposal to teach about the history of communism in grades as low as kindergarten is a polarizing idea or, as a supporter said, “not divisive in any way.” The…
Read More History Of Communism In Florida Schools Draws Debate