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Proposal for armed ‘guardians’ on Florida campuses heads to Senate
The approval comes less than a year after a gunman opened fire on FSU campus
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Florida adds Maduro overthrow to anti-communist curriculum
The Florida Education Association said the new communism curriculum included ‘ideologically charged rhetoric’ when it was adopted last fall
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Bill to put cameras in special education classrooms moves ahead
The Florida bill seeks to provide an objective eye in situations in which students, particularly those who are nonverbal, might be abused or mistreated
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Florida universities move closer to yearlong freeze on H-1B visas
The vote comes at the urging of Gov. Ron DeSantis
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George Washington, Abe Lincoln portraits could be required in classrooms
Florida bill would require portraits of Washington and Lincoln in all K-5 classrooms and all other classrooms used for social studies
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‘Not about special treatment’: Miccosukee Tribe responds to Trump veto
Trump claimed the tribe worked against his immigration efforts, the basis he used to veto a flood protection project in the Florida Everglades
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Trump vetoes Miccosukee flood protection, citing tribe’s opposition to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
He blamed the tribe for having “actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.”
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Florida House Democrats prioritize affordability in 2026 session
Lawmakers have housing affordability and government efficiency on their minds a month out from the start of the 2026 legislative session
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Florida AG will now ‘aggressively enforce’ social media ban on minors
Social media platforms, upon notification from a minor’s parent, must terminate a minor’s account, the law requires.
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‘Myriad of accountability problems’: Florida Senate plans to clean up school voucher system shortfalls
An audit found “funding did not follow the child” to private schools or homeschool
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Florida lawmakers wary about adoption of Heritage Foundation pledge
The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank that authored Project 2025
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Florida lawmakers offer safety plan for students with autism
The bills requires schools to create plans and assign personnel to address situations in which students with autism wander from safe areas
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Here’s why UCF is most efficient university in Florida, according to DOGE audit
The report found that UCF, the school with the largest enrollment, had the lowest cost to produce a degree from start to finish.
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Florida AG announces criminal investigation into video game Roblox
‘Investigations have revealed that sexual predators are using Roblox to access, communicate with, and groom minors’
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Florida AG James Uthmeier alleges Roku sold kids’ information
He believes the data includes ‘online preferences and behaviors of kids, videos and images that they might use online, even their location’
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Florida teachers would have to take constitutional oath under new bill
The language is similar to oaths taken by lawyers, doctors, and public officials
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Florida’s first public school chaplain wrote a song for Charlie Kirk, preaches Trump support
The Rev. Jack Martin insists politics won’t interfere with his volunteer school service
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Florida students can now win a Charlie Kirk debate trophy
The top student debaters in the state will hoist a trophy named for the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk
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Florida teachers now must self-report certain arrests to their schools
Previously, teachers were required to self-report arrests or charges related only to the abuse of a child or sale or possession of controlled substances
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‘Violent extremism’ the focus of Florida AG’s new tip line
The portal allows people to submit screenshots, videos, or other evidence of threatened violence to Uthmeier’s office