Government
DeSantis signs two bills to bring chaplains, patriotic organizations to schools(The Center Square) â Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Thursday intended to provide more educational opportunities for public school students. House Bill 1317 allows patriotic organizations… Read More
Government
Key education reform bill to be signed into law by DeSantis(The Center Square) â Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he’ll be signing some education reforms passed by the Florida Legislature into law. DeSantis highlighted some of … Read More
Public Education
Third-largest teachers union faces demise of its own making(The Daily Signal) â In a frantic attempt to preserve its monopoly over the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, attorneys for the Florida union currently representing the districtâs 24,000-plus teachers and support… Read More
Culture
Pro-abortion ballot initiative in Florida aims to trick voters with vague definition of âhealthâ(The Daily Signal) â A ballot initiative OKâd by the Florida Supreme Court perpetuates abortion advocatesâ favored strategy of using vague definitions of âhealthâ to expand abortion on demand. Florida… Read More
Courts
Florida Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that abortion is not a protected right in the stateâs constitution and allowed a six-week abortion ban to take… Read More
Government
Florida Legislature passes bill to streamline school choice fundingThe Florida Legislature passed a law revising the funding processes of the state’s various school choice programs. HB 1403 sailed through both chambers with virtually no… Read More
Public Education
NAACP tells student athletes to reconsider attending Florida colleges due to stateâs anti-DEI policiesThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is urging student athletes to seek higher education outside the state of Florida. âThe value of Black talent is undeniable,… Read More
Government
Michigan law gives teachersâ unions more bargaining power ÂModern-day teachersâ unions are major political actors with multimillion-dollar budgets and agendas often unrelated to reading, writing and arithmetic. While some states such as Florida are trying to curb the… Read More
Culture
NAACP urges students to avoid âanti-blackâ Florida after DeSantis ends DEI(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The NAACP wrote a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker on Monday urging black student-athletes to reconsider attending public universities in Florida after Republican Gov. Read More
Public Education
Florida university eliminates all DEI positions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â University of Florida has fired all of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) staff effective immediately, a spokesperson for the university told the Daily Caller… Read More
Homeschools
New York CPS targets homeschool mom, claiming educational neglect after her move to FloridaA New York school district reported a homeschool mom to Child Protective Services (CPS) after she relocated to Florida, even though she had followed all applicable laws. Before the case… Read More
Culture
Florida sheriff: Faith-based communities provide positive societal change(The Center Square) â Positive societal change comes from the faith-based community, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a recent event with pastors organized by Citizens Defending Freedom and… Read More
Public Education
After decades of corruption Florida teachers seek new union with integrityIn Miami-Dade, the nationâs 4th-largest school district, teachers have grown so tired of their corrupt and entrenched union that most arenât even members anymore. Under Florida law, the United Teachers… Read More
Government
Florida House committee approves bill to create Communism Education Task Force(The Center Square) â Florida students could be required to learn about communism and other socio-political and economic systems after a bill advanced in a House committee on Wednesday. A… Read More
Public Education
Assistant principal says 8-year-olds should access books âreferencing pornography and dirty magazinesâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An assistant principal said Tuesday that 8-year-olds should be able to access books âreferencing pornography and dirty magazinesâ during a hearing before a school board… Read More
Public Education
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls out âbad actorsâ on curriculum transparency, promises âconsequencesâ in FloridaFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to debunk the narrative that so-called âbook bansâ are occurring in Florida, saying that parents have a right to object to graphic sexual material that is… Read More
Public Education
A Florida school board votes to retain sexually explicit book in elementary school libraryIn a contentious decision, the Alachua County School Board voted 4-1 to keep the challenged book “Melissa” on the shelves of an elementary school library. The book, previously published as… Read More
Public Education
Male high schooler discovered playing girlsâ sports since middle school, violating Florida lawÂA biological male playing on a high school girlsâ volleyball team violated Florida law, and also played on the girlsâ team in middle school. The 10th grade student at Monarch… Read More
Public Education
Dozens of unions to lose certification in Florida for failing to maintain 60% membership thresholdMore than 30 public sector unions in Florida have lost their certification, and dozens more are at risk for failure to maintain a minimum percentage of members. Last May, Gov. Read More
Government
Florida Legislature considers measure to ease the process of converting public schools to charter schoolsFlorida Republicans have proposed two bills that would make it easier to convert traditional public schools into charters. The companion bills, HB 109 and… Read More