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Federal judge blocks Florida's pronoun restriction law for teachers
The challenge alleged the law violates the teachers’ First Amendment rights and runs afoul of a federal civil-rights law
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Education, LGBTQ+, Florida pronoun bill, Florida teachers, Florida schools
Federal judge will decide on Florida law restricting teacher pronoun use
The challenge alleges the law violates the teachers’ First Amendment rights and runs afoul of a federal civil-rights law
Tags: Florida News, Education, LGBTQ+, pronoun use, Florida teachers, pronoun bill
Orange County school district agrees to delay health insurance hikes, raise pay for school staff
The district reached a tentative agreement with the local teachers' union after a nearly nine-hour public hearing Tuesday
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Labor, Orange County teachers union, OCPS, OCCTA, teachers union, contract negotiations, Orange County Classroom Teachers Association, Florida teachers
Florida wants to limit book objections from people who don't have kids in school
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said some Floridians have gone 'overboard' with filing the challenges
By Ryan Dailey, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida book bans, Kathleen Passidomo, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools, Florida education
Florida Senate passes proposal to teach kindergarteners about threat of communism
The bill would need approval from the House before it could go to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida communism bill, Florida schools, Florida education
Florida bill to teach kindergarteners about threat of communism heads to full Senate
'This is not an indoctrination attempt,' Collins said
Tags: Florida News, Education, threat of communism bill, Florida education
Controversial Florida bill banning 'identity politics' from teacher prep programs heads to Senate
Critics have called the measure a 'government censorship' bill
Tags: Florida News, Florida teachers, identity politics bill, Ron DeSantis
Florida bill to teach kindergarteners about threats of communism gets Senate approval
The bill would require schools to teach the history of communism in all grades starting in the 2026-2027 school year
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, communism
Florida bill would give college aid to people who have dropped out of high school
Colleges and career centers would be required to waive 100 percent of registration, tuition, laboratory and exam fees
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, high school dropout bill, college tuition, Florida 2024 legislative session
Florida school book bans could cost $100 under new bill
School districts would have to return money to people if their objections are upheld
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida book bans, banned books, Florida education, Florida schools, Ron DeSantis
Florida Board of Education targets college DEI programs and sociology classes
Gov. DeSantis has made fighting against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives a pillar of his education agenda
Tags: Florida News, Education, DEI, Ron DeSantis, Florida education
Florida lawmakers push to remove language saying slaves benefitted from slavery from state curriculum
'It was torture. Young people need to know that was not true.'
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Black history curriculum, Florida curriculum
Florida Republican files bill to allow chaplains in schools
Parents would have to give written consent for their children to receive services from chaplains
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, chaplains, Ron DeSantis, Florida education
Teachers sue Florida over preferred pronoun restrictions in schools
The plaintiffs say the law unconstitutionally discriminates against transgender and nonbinary educators
Tags: Florida News, Education, personal pronouns, Florida teachers, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools
UF professor opines Florida's new anti-DEI law is behind the push to drop sociology from schools
Senate Bill 266 forbids institutions of higher education from spending state funds on diversity and equity programs, while the study of society inevitably touches on those topics
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida colleges, DEI Florida, sociology Florida, diversity equity inclusion Florida
Florida Democrat files bill to block schools from teaching students slaves 'benefited from slavery'
The bill was filed in response to a controversial part of African American history standards approved by the State Board of Education in July
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida Black history, Black history curriculum, Florida education
Florida education officials now going after college sociology courses
State higher-education officials on Thursday moved toward making changes to 'general education core courses' at state universities
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Ron DeSantis, Manny Diaz Jr., AP Psychology, Principles of Sociology
‘My God made no mistakes’: Judge backs Florida teacher who refused to use student’s preferred pronouns
Miami-Dade County school district terminated the science teacher in 2020 after a complaint about the incident
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, LGBTQ+, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, preferred pronouns, Florida education law
Report shows nearly 123,000 Florida students received private school vouchers this year
A group that administers the programs says they will not bring an 'exodus' from public schools as critics have predicted
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida school vouchers, Florida private schools, Florida education, Ron DeSantis
Non-profit calls on Florida to release information on private schools accepting state vouchers
The Florida Policy Institute is seeking information about the taxpayer-funded vouchers and other details
Tags: Florida News, Education, private school vouchers, school vouchers, Florida schools, Florida education, Florida Department of Education, Ron DeSantis
Battle over Florida’s ‘don't say gay’ education law put on hold
The lawsuit alleges violation of First Amendment and equal-protection rights and of a federal law known as Title IX
Tags: Florida News, Education, Ron DeSantis, Florida education, “Parental Rights in Education” law, “don’t say gay” bill, Florida Department of Education
Judge throws out challenge to Florida's 'don't say gay' education law, again
For the second time in less than a year, a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the 2022 state law
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education law, Ron DeSantis, Florida education, Florida schools, gender identity, sexual orientation, Parental Rights in Education, don't say gay
New College eyeballs new president finalists, starts erasing gender-studies program
Corcoran touted a five-year business plan, new athletic programs, a new logo and mascot, and other bro-friendly ideas
Tags: Florida News, Education, New College, Richard Corcoran, Florida education, higher ed in Florida, liberal arts in Florida, the bro-ification of Florida's universities, rip it up and start again
Florida school districts grapple with uncertainty surrounding AP Psych course
The issue poses a potential minefield for teachers trying to prepare students for college, follow course curriculums and obey state laws
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, Florida education, AP Psychology, AP courses, AP Psych, Florida teachers, Ron DeSantis, College Board
Lake County says ‘And Tango Makes Three’ is no longer banned from schools, wants lawsuit tossed out
The lawsuit alleges the district violated First Amendment rights when it removed the book, which is about a penguin family
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Lake County schools, Florida schools, Florida education, banned books, banned books in Florida, And Tango Makes Three, Ron DeSantis, Florida book ban
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By Chloe Greenberg
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