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Challenge to parental rights bill dismissed, A/C issues continue, voucher growth, AP psych course, $80K teacher pay sought, and more

Around the state: A federal judge from central Florida has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a 2022 state law that restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools, a group of New College supporters filed a lawsuit this week against a new state law that prohibits "theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege... Read more »

Ex-deputy cleared of all charges in Parkland school shooting, court outlaws affirmative action for college admissions, new testing results and more

Test scores from new model: First-round results from the new standardized Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) exams are in. Fifty percent of students in grades 3-10 scored at grade-level or above in English language arts, and 56 percent of those in grades 3-8 performed at grade-level or above in math. Before this year, students... Read more »

Superintendent searches, book challenges, raises for Pinellas bus drivers, college fee dispute dismissed and more

Around the state: Broward's school board selects seven semifinalists for its school superintendent's job, 20 people have applied for the leadership opening in Sarasota County, Charlotte County's school board will vote on a contract for its newly selected superintendent, the Collier County selection of a superintendent is being challenged in court over an alleged violation... Read more »

Escambia board signs charter contract and fires superintendent, Manatee’s school board hires a new leader, Sunshine Law concerns, and more

Around the state: Escambia County School Board members signed a contract Tuesday to turn control of a struggling middle school over to a charter school company under the state's threat of withholding state funding and then fired Superintendent Tim Smith, Manatee school board members hire a Seminole County administrator as the district's new superintendent, the... Read more »

Indiana advances plan to expand school choice program to more students

Editor’s note: This article appeared last week on in.chalkbeat.org. A bill that would expand school choice in Indiana has advanced with major changes. Senate lawmakers enlarged the pool of students who could receive state money to attend private schools, but backed away from an initial proposal that would have opened the state’s Education Scholarship Accounts… Read more »