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The Florida Education Association's lawsuit says the Florida Department of Education went beyond the scope of HB 1467 in its training, which led some districts to cover shelves.
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The nonprofit, American Oversight, is requesting records involving communication between state and federal education officials, outside groups, and the office of Gov. DeSantis.
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The Florida Department of Education published a proposed rule designed to carry out part of the controversial new “Parental Rights in Education law,” which critics disparagingly dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
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The state is asking a federal judge to shield former Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran from testifying in a battle about a 2021 law requiring surveys of “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university campuses.
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The state Department of Education on Tuesday touted results from 2022 standardized tests as narrowing achievement gaps, with Black and Hispanic students showing improvement on math and English-language arts exams.
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The program will help middle school, high school and college students in their pursuit of cybersecurity credentials. FIU will lead one of the three regions receiving millions of dollars.
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The Florida Department of Education has decided to waive some standardized testing requirements for high school Seniors again this school year.
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Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar says a "massive exodus" of teachers is contributing to the shortage.
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The Florida Department of Education gears up to fight the federal government over payments to schoolThe Florida Department of Education is trying to quash a federal cease-and-desist order issued in a fight over local school mask mandates. The federal government issued the order after the State Board of Education began withholding additional funding from Broward and Alachua County School Districts.
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A day after the Florida Department of Education withheld funds from two school districts amid an ongoing mask mandate fight, the Biden administration on Thursday filed a complaint asking an administrative judge to block the action.
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday warned top Florida education officials to “reconsider your threatened actions” after the state said it would try to thwart attempts to use federal money to cover salaries of county school-board members who approved student mask requirements.
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The Leon County School District has dropped its mask requirements for students in grades Pre-K through 8th. Leon Superintendent Rocky Hanna says he’s following through on his promise to parents to revisit the policy when positivity rates fell.