Little more than a month after lawmakers left Tallahassee, they’ll be back Tuesday for a special session to pass a congressional redistricting plan. DeSantis vetoed a congressional map approved during the regular session that ended March 14, triggering the need for a special session as…
Read More Florida Redistricting Fights Refueled After DeSantis’ Proposed Map
Saying that foster children in Florida “deserve an opportunity,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that will increase payments to caregivers and provide foster parents with money for child-care programs. The measure (SB 7034) was approved by lawmakers during the legislative session that…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill To Bolster Foster Care
Surveys aimed at gauging “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university campuses are on track to go out to students and employees Monday, after a federal judge refused to block the state from distributing the questionnaires. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on…
Read More Judge Refuses To Block Florida ‘Intellectual Freedom’ Surveys
Three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure, LGBTQ-advocacy groups, parents, students, and a teacher filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new law that includes barring instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early school grades. The lawsuit, filed in the federal…
Read More Florida Advocacy Group, Parents, And A Teacher File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Parental Rights Bill
Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to harbor some raw feelings about school boards that defied his efforts last year to bar districts from requiring students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis on Friday signed a bill (HB 1467) that, in part, will cap school…
Read More “Throw The Bums Out” DeSantis Signs Bill That Caps Florida School Board Members’ Terms
TAMPA, FL. – University of South Florida trustees on Tuesday selected interim leader Rhea Law to become the school’s eighth president. Law, an attorney who has longstanding ties to the university, has been interim president since August, after former President Steven Currall stepped down two…
Read More University Of South Florida Trustees Select Rhea Law As The School’s New President
Searches for new presidents at state universities are ramping up after Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a bill that will shield personal information about applicants for the top jobs at colleges and universities. DeSantis on Tuesday signed the measure, which went into effect immediately.…
Read More New Florida Law Quickly Plays Part In University Searches
TALLAHASSEE, FL. — Late in the 2022 legislative session, Republican lawmakers made two higher-education changes that drew criticism from Democrats, who questioned whether the issues had been properly vetted. One of the changes tied the state university system to a controversial education bill (HB 7)…
Read More Higher-Ed Changes Irk Florida Democrats
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, who has been an ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis on controversial issues such as student mask requirements and critical race theory, will step down from the post at the end of April, he announced Thursday. Corcoran, a…
Read More Corcoran To Leave Florida Education Commissioner Post
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would restrict how race-related issues can be taught in public schools and in workplace training sessions, giving final legislative approval to an outgrowth of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fight against critical race theory. An emotionally…
Read More Florida Race-Related Instruction Bill Ready For DeSantis