New rules on bathrooms, books: Florida's Board of Education approved new rules Wednesday that require all 28 schools in the state university system and state K-12 private schools to update their policies on bathrooms and locker rooms to say that students and employees must use facilities matching their "biological sex at birth," or the schools... Read more »
School bathroom rules: New rules governing the use of bathrooms for college and private school students are being considered at today's meeting of the Florida Board of Education. The rules have been written for H.B. 1521, which was passed in May by the Legislature, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis and requires that "females... Read more »
College search secrecy: A rule quietly approved by the Board of Governors last November requires all members of college presidential search committees to sign non-disclosure agreements. Its existence became known only last week during a Florida Atlantic University trustees meeting when one trustee accused two others of violating the terms requiring confidentiality of the search.... Read more »
Around the state: Broward become the final state school district to open today, a Brevard high school's football program and coach have been suspended until further notice after a video of a hazing incident was posted on social media, air-conditioning issues continue in several districts, black community leaders urge Palm Beach school officials to "teach... Read more »
Teaching openings variance: Teachers unions and the Florida Department of Education agree on very little these days, so it's no surprise those differences now extend into how many teacher openings there are statewide. Tuesday, the DOE announced that the number of unfilled teaching jobs was 4,776 as the school year began, which it said was... Read more »
Around the state: A group of New College professors and students have filed a lawsuit against state education officials over a new law that bans university spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and prohibits the teaching of "disfavored" subjects on race, sexuality and gender, a shortage of school bus drivers led to a chaotic... Read more »
School Day 1, a recap: Excitement and energy marked the first day back at school in 61 of the state's 67 school districts, which was also dotted with late school buses, teacher and staff shortages, adjustments being made because of new state laws, additional security including metal detectors, sweltering heat and air-conditioning issues, a power outage... Read more »
Diaz clears AP course: Late Wednesday, as most districts prepared to open schools today, Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. sent a memo to superintendents telling them the College Board's Advanced Placement psychology course had been reviewed and "can be taught consistent with Florida law," even with its inclusion of discussion about sexual orientation and gender... Read more »
Expense of reviewing books: A new state law required district media specialists this summer to review millions of books for content that could violate state law and to create online lists of books both available and rejected. Those reviews and the compilation of lists for school websites are costing districts tens of thousands of dollars,... Read more »
AP course is back, maybe: Confusion over the availability of the College Board's AP psychology course to state students this coming school year was not clarified with Friday's announcement from the education commissioner that the course "can be taught in its entirety in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate." Manny Diaz Jr. did... Read more »
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