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Florida lawmakers consider year-round school schedule for students
The plan’s sponsor suggests it could help students recover from learning losses during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Florida House bill expands private school vouchers to all students, including home-schooled students
Home-schooled students who receive the vouchers would be classified as participating in a ‘personalized education program’ under the bill
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Florida House panel approves bill that would allow anyone to challenge books taught in schools
Opponents are characterizing it as enabling book bans
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Florida bill that would eliminate DEI programs moves forward, despite student pleas
Gov. DeSantis and top higher-education officials touted the House bill and a similar Senate measure
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New College of Florida’s new conservative-led board abolishes DEI office in very first meeting
The move comes as Gov. DeSantis aims to eliminate DEI from all Florida schools
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Civil rights leader Al Sharpton and others led march to the Capitol after Florida rejected African American studies course
Sharpton also called for a voter drive to oppose Gov. DeSantis
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Florida takes a first step toward introducing partisan school-board elections, limit on member terms
Florida’s Constitution currently requires school-board races to be nonpartisan
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Gov. DeSantis hints at cutting ties with College Board, getting rid of AP classes in Florida
Tensions went public when Florida objected AP African American studies topics
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Florida High School Athletic Association removes questions about menstruation from physical evaluations
‘There is absolutely no reason for the FHSAA to collect such private information.’
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Floridians may soon be able to legally carry concealed firearms without licenses, as proposal clears committee
The majority of more than 100 people who testified opposed the bill — for not going far enough
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Florida Gov. DeSantis plans to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at state universities
“Diversity, equity and inclusivity programs will also include disability and accessibility services — I guess DeSantis wants to abolish those too,” Eskamani said in a Twitter post.
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New College board fires president, installs former GOP House Speaker Richard Corcoran
The moves came after Gov. Ron DeSantis this month appointed six conservative board members
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New Florida bill would allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a license
The group Prevent Gun Violence Florida vowed to fight against the legislation and cited “a clear link between lax gun laws and increased gun violence.”
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Florida leaders and lawmakers pledge to ‘fight like hell’ against DeSantis decision to block Black history class
Gov’s spokesman calls the Advanced Placement history elective ‘a vehicle for a political agenda’
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Florida House lawmakers back changes to student-athlete pay law
The bill also would allow schools to offer student-athletes contract review, tax prep and financial adviser services
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Florida’s ‘intellectual freedom’ college surveys are ‘highly problematic,’ says witness
“This survey, in perpetuity, has a chilling effect,” Lichtman said.
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DeSantis seeks to ‘recapture higher education,’ mold Sarasota’s New College with conservative takeover
New board members seek to reshape the public, progressive liberal arts college in the image of Hillsdale, a Christian college in Michigan that is prominent among conservatives
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United Faculty of Florida union pushes back on DeSantis’ latest battle against diversity initiatives
‘A man who will silence those with whom he disagrees — in the classroom and beyond — will one day find a reason to silence you as well’
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Florida Rep. Joe Harding, charged with defrauding PPP loan scheme, resigns but claims ‘I repaid every penny’
The disgraced pol was also the sponsor of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.