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First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student's Preferred Name Without Parental Consent
A Florida teacher has been fired for calling her student by their preferred name without the child’s parents’ consent. Satellite High School teacher Melissa Calhoun did not obey Florida’s law, ...
North Platte Telegraph6d
Social media parental-consent bill moves to final Unicameral vote
Legislative Bill 383 won 38-4 second-round approval Wednesday after lawmakers adopted an amendment meant to strengthen its ...
How to Access Your Parents’ Medicare: Enroll and Manage Their Care
Getting access to your parents' Medicare or Medicare Advantage accounts is easiest when they're healthy. But you still have ...
Badgers Wire29d
Brevard teacher first to lose job over Florida law requiring parent sign-off on preferred name
The Satellite High School teacher did not have written parental permission to call the student by an alternative to their ...
Florida Today25d
District says law forced Brevard teacher’s job loss: What does statute say?
As for pronouns and personal titles, starting in the 2023-2024 school year, students were required to get parental consent via a signed form if they wanted to go by any alternative to their legal ...
Florida Today6d
Florida teacher fired after using student's chosen name, others investigated: What we know
At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators to get parental permission before calling a student by an alternative to their legal name. Less than two years later, a ...
Gainesville27d
Florida high school teacher to lose job after calling student by preferred name: What we know
Satellite High School is in Satellite Beach, Florida, near Cape Canaveral and about an hour east of Orlando. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators to get ...