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A slate of bills aimed at reducing regulations on public schools began moving forward Wednesday, as a key Florida Senate panel signed off on changes such as eliminating testing requirements for earning high-school diplomas.

The Presidential Scholars Class of 2022 will be recognized for their outstanding achievement this summer with an online recognition program.

Students who enter high school next year will have to take the course, which teaches personal financial literacy and money management, to be able to graduate.

Before Ketanji Brown Jackson was one of the front-runners for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination, she was a speech and debate superstar at Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

Data from 26 states — including Florida — suggests the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting diplomas to more students.

The Broward County School Board voted Tuesday to make masks optional for high school students. It comes after the board said it would reconsider its mask mandate once the county met two thresholds: a 66 percent COVID-19 vaccination rate and a three percent or lower positivity rate for 10 consecutive days.

The trucking industry is short 68,000 drivers. By 2028, industry officials fear the number could jump to more than 100,000. A California high school allows seniors to learn trucking skills.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist makes his case for governor, again. Gov. DeSantis announced that Florida will be sending law enforcement officers to help states at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, West Broward High School students included a Black Lives Matter spread in their yearbook but the school administration took issue.

Governor DeSantis threw a punch at big tech––will the new law stand once it hits the courts? Plus, students join us to talk about their experience of school during a pandemic.

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Changing the testing requirement is up to the State University System’s Board of Governors. They have not, despite students, parents and high school counselors urging them to do so.