Legislation: Universal school choice is a top priority of House Speaker Paul Renner and Rep. Ralph Mussullo, chair of the House Education and Employment Committee, supports multiple education bills, including changing high school start time to no earlier than 8 a.m. The 2023 legislative session begins this week. Florida Politics.[Read More…]
Roundups
Book bans and bad math
School libraries: HB 1467, signed into law last year, requires school districts to catalog every book in school libraries and establish a review process for parental complaints. “Every district is interpreting it all differently,” said Jen Cousin a critic of the law and cofounder of Florida Freedom to Read. Tallahassee[Read More…]
New charter school name, effects of pandemic linger on with students and more
Legislature: WFSU takes a look at the top issues the Florida legislature will be tackling in 2023. School vouchers come out on top of the list. WFSU. Flagler: A Florida teen was held on $1 million bail after brutally attacking a teacher aid who confiscated his Nintendo Switch. WFLA. WESH.[Read More…]
School funding, teacher pay raises, free speech and more
CARES Funding: Just 10 percent of the $693.2 million from the CARES Act funds available to Florida has been allocated to schools. Hillsborough County schools have received $29 million and only 10 other school districts have received more than $1 million in funds to date. Tampa Bay Times. Computer programing:[Read More…]
Costly punches, holocaust denial, masking rules and more
Legislature review and preview, student privacy, standards, pay issues and more
Miami-Dade scandal, Parkland deaths, Schools of Hope, and more
Arming teachers, MSD principal reassigned, and more