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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 »

DeSantis signs law targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs in colleges, New College ‘core curriculum,’ book challenges and more

New law targets DEI programs: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed three higher education-related bills into law Monday, including one that largely bans Florida’s public universities and colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. "In reality, what this concept of DEI has been is an attempt to impose orthodoxy on the university," said DeSantis.... Read more »

Bills on social media use in schools, term limits, graduation fix signed by DeSantis, social studies texts accepted, and more

Education bills signed: Five education bills approved by the Legislature were signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. They are: H.B. 379, which prevents K-12 students from using social media or cell phones at school; H.B. 477, which limits local school board members to eight years in office; H.B. 1537, which includes a fix... Read more »

DEI references dropped from higher ed bill, House’s $1.4B tax-cut package, flooding rains close Broward schools, and more

DEI references out of bill: Targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs was a primary part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to overhaul higher education. Now, references to DEI have been scrubbed from the bill that was approved Wednesday by a Senate committee. Instead, it limits spending on a broader set of themes, and universities would... Read more »

State investigating Leon’s Hanna for his ‘personal views,’ scholarship bill gets hearing, and more

Around the state: Florida Department of Education officials have told Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna that he's under "under a preliminary investigation" for allegedly infusing "personal views" into his work, the bill that would make every Florida K-12 student eligible for state scholarships gets its first committee hearing today, Broward Superintendent Vickie Cartwright refutes the... Read more »

High school graduation rate down, state cleared of violating court order, superintendents and more

Graduation rate dips, but: Florida's high school graduation rate dropped nearly three percentage points in the 2021-2022 academic year compared to the previous year, from 90.1 percent to 87.3 percent. But the rate was up 0.4 percentage points from the 2018-2019 school year, which state education officials said is a better comparison because they were... Read more »

Manatee superintendent retiring, education and politics, storm damage report and more

Around the state: Manatee County school Superintendent Cynthia Saunders has announced that she'll retire at the end of the current school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has mirrored much of former president Donald Trump's political agenda but has created separation from Trump with his aggressive implementation of conservative positions on educational issues, two Lee County middle... Read more »

Parkland trial testimony delay, suit over college fees rejected, book reviews, and more

Around the state: Testimony in the sentencing trial for the Parkland school shooter will likely move into June instead of beginning at the end of May, a three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal rejects a potential class-action lawsuit against Miami Dade College over student fees collected during the pandemic, a majority of... Read more »

Florida GOP’s use of education as an issue, school shooting mistrial possible, tax hike vote, and more

The education issue: Florida Republicans have taken a cue from the 2021 Virginia governor's race and begun to use education, and particularly parents' rights in education, as a focus in their election campaigns. The decision is putting the state in the national spotlight. "All that Virginia showed, or one of the things that it showed... Read more »

Positive Post-its, attendance zone talks, anti-drug campaigns, library book policies and more

Around the state: Leon High recently wrapped up its annual Positively Post-It Week, Pasco county students could be expelled for fighting, and Casey DeSantis, wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis, is spearheading a campaign to bring awareness to Florida’s school children about the effects of drug and substance abuse. Here are details about those stories and… Read more »

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