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Florida proposal would require school districts to share local property-tax revenue with charter schools
‘This really is about the businesses, the contracts, the leases for these buildings.’
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Florida Senate backs controversial higher-ed bill, with changes to hiring and curriculum requirements
Senate Democrats criticized the proposed curriculum-related issues in the bill
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Measure to push back school start times approved by Florida House
The changes would have to go into effect by July 2026
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Florida House passes proposal to let school-board candidates run with party labels
The House on Friday also passed a bill that would change residency requirements for school-board candidates
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Florida House votes to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, ban preferred pronouns in schools
The expansion would prevent instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade
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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to expand school voucher program to all Florida students
The bill will make every Florida student eligible to receive vouchers and eliminates current income-eligibility requirements
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Fight over Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law goes to federal appeals court
The notice of appeal does not detail arguments that the plaintiffs will make at the Atlanta-based appeals court
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Florida lawmakers pass taxpayer-backed voucher expansion to all students
“This is going to be corporate welfare for parents who are already paying for private schools.”
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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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Amendment to make school board races partisan could go to Florida voters in 2024
If the amendment passes, partisan school-board races would begin in 2026
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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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Bipartisan bill would set later start times at Florida public schools
The proposal would set start times for high schools and middle schools that would be in tune with teens’ natural rhythms
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‘This is our future’: UCF students join statewide student protest of DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ education policies
Orlando students join statewide protest against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education policies.
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It’s hard to keep up with the cultivated chaos Gov. Ron DeSantis is wreaking on Florida schools
But here are some of the recent lowlights
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war on ‘woke ideology’ in higher education threatens academic freedom
We’ve seen this all before.
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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