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The summer holiday provided a welcome break for students, educators and families worn out from the political pingpong over Florida’s public schools. But with classes returning Thursday in ...
But Florida's starting salary for teachers currently ranks 16th in the country, and the average teacher pay ranks 50th, according to the National Education Association. DeSantis has previously ...
These laws are solutions in search of a problem; a ruse to deflect from real problems facing our public education system to which the state could direct its attention: how we draw our school ...
The Government Program Summaries (GPS) [11] is an online encyclopedia of more than 200 major Florida state government programs. It provides a basic program description, highlights recent issues related to the program, includes the latest budget information, and lists contact information and recent reports. The Florida Monitor Weekly [12] is a ...
Senate Bill 266 advanced in the Florida state senate's appropriations committee on April 13, 2023. The Florida Senate passed the bill on April 28, 2023, by a margin of 27-12. [19] The House version of the bill passed by a vote of 81-34 on May 3, 2023. [20] Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill concurrently with Florida House Bill 931 on May 15 ...
In 2021 the Florida Board of Education prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project in public schools. [1]In April 2023, the Board of Education extended the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" Act, from covering kindergarten to third grade students into covering the entire range of kindergarten to twelfth grade.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is greeted by senators and representatives as he arrives to give the State of the State Address on opening day of the 2024 Florida Legislative Session on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
Here are news items released within days of each other that reveal contrasting snapshots of the state of education in Florida. First news item: Florida is rated No. 1 in the country in education ...