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Distracted driving, shotgun purchases and more bills struggling in Florida Legislature as session nears end
Health care, education, ‘right to repair’ legislation and more proposals are in limbo
Florida education
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Florida bill would allow high schoolers to graduate without passing algebra or English final exams
The bill looks to ‘level the playing field amid other school choice options,’ Senate President Ben Albritton said
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Florida bill would require elementary students to learn cursive
‘Cursive writing plays a crucial role in everyday life,’ bill sponsor Toby Overdorf told the committee
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‘Unconstitutional’: Florida Democrats blast Republican efforts to eliminate Department of Education
DeSantis advocated for leaving education policy up to the states, repeatedly referring to the federal department as a ‘bureaucracy’
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Stricter phone ban in Florida schools gets unanimous support in House committee
‘When you say, “It’s the law,” it just kind of ends the conversation there’
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Florida Senate moves forward with bill to repeal later school start times
School districts have said they are struggling to comply because of issues such as needing to buy buses and find bus drivers
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After passing bill requiring later start times for Florida schools, lawmakers now want to repeal it
The requirements are slated to take effect in 2026, but as the deadline has neared, districts have said they are struggling to comply
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Florida school book lawsuit gets green light from federal judge
The case also names as defendants members of the Orange County and Volusia County school boards
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Florida public schools drop in reading and math performance, federal report says
Education Commissioner Manny Diaz argues private schools should have been included in the data
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Florida Gov. DeSantis’ education budget targets teacher pay, maintains low tuition
The budget proposes nearly $30 billion for K-12 education and a $222 per student funding increase for next school year
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New Florida bill targets start time requirements for middle and high schools
The requirements have faced concerns from school districts about issues such as bus schedules
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Florida removed more library books than any state last year, says report
Orange county’s removal numbers were among the highest in the state
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Florida faith leaders raise concern about ‘religious indoctrination’ in voluntary school chaplain program
School districts have shown little interest in welcoming volunteer chaplains to serve in their facilities
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Teachers unions urge appeals court to side with Florida teacher over pronoun law
The Hillsborough County teacher challenged a law requiring educators to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth
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Federal judge permanently blocks part of Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ law
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a two-page order granting a permanent injunction against the workplace-training part of the law
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Florida school board wants 7-year-old to testify in book ban lawsuit
School board attorneys argued that the board is ‘entitled to defend itself against plaintiffs’ claims
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Chaplains, communism, child labor: Florida education laws that take effect July 1
The 2024 legislative session saw approval of divisive education-related laws, several of which take effect Monday
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Florida Board of Education replaces word ‘gender’ with ‘sex’ amid federal Title IX dispute
The federal rule, in part, would require that discrimination on the basis of gender identity be included under the broader definition of sex discrimination
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Florida’s home school voucher program is expected to double in size next year
The overall number of home-schooled students has more than doubled in Florida during the past decade
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to prohibit ‘indoctrination’ in classrooms
The teacher-training bill was one of the most-controversial education issues of this year’s legislative session
