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Florida students still may not get to sleep in after all. A new bill signed by DeSantis would roll back prior law declaring ...
Absenteeism in Palm Beach County and districts ... Florida schools counted more than 154,000 of these students. Chronic absenteeism skyrocketed statewide more than 50% from 2018-19 to 2023-24 ...
Enrollment in private and home school options also showed a marked increase, with about 142,000 more students attending a ...
The state budget, which passed Monday after weeks of disagreements, allocated $15.8 billion in state funds toward education ...
"Therefore, we advise Florida districts not to offer AP Psychology ... listed in Florida’s Course Code Directory for the 2023-24 school year. We encourage the College Board to stop playing ...
TALLAHASSEE — With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline ... would undo changes that lawmakers passed in 2023. Those changes require that by July 1, 2026, middle schools cannot ...
Some Central Florida school districts are now requiring parents to sign a permission form in order for teachers to call students anything other than their legal name, according to a guidance ...
The big story: Mandatory later start times for Florida ... schools are no more. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday quietly signed into law a measure reversing a 2023 statute that gave school districts ...
As expected, Florida’s governor signed a recent bill that repeals a 2023 bill that would have required all districts to start high schools no earlier than 8:30 AM and middle schools no earlier ...
Last day of school coming May 22-May 23 for Florida students in 16 counties In 2023, a law was passed in ... "Overwhelming" feedback from school districts revealed that implementing the change ...
who has led the district – the seventh largest in the U.S. – since November 2023. Florida's public schools have seen a significant increase in book removals, driven by legislation that ...