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State Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. will remain in his post as Gov. Ron DeSantis begins a second term. Diaz, a Republican former state senator, was tapped by DeSantis in April to lead the Department of Education. Diaz began the job in June after former…
Read More Diaz To Continue As Florida Education Chief
A federal appeals court has rejected an attempt by a chapter of the conservative group Moms for Liberty to block restrictions that the Brevard County School Board placed on public participation at board meetings. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last…
Read More Court Refuses To Block Florida School Board Speech Policy
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety commission showed. The Baker Act is a roughly 50-year-old state law that allows courts, law enforcement…
Read More Data Shows Thousands Of Students In Florida Committed Under Baker Act
The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees on Thursday elected to reopen the search for a new university president after the panel was left with only one finalist. Trustees were slated to choose a successor to outgoing President Mike Martin, after initially delaying a…
Read More Florida Gulf Coast To Reopen President Search
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that 114 Florida schools are being recognized as “Purple Star” campuses based on efforts to serve students from military families. The Purple Star schools are in Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Monroe, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties.…
Read More 114 Florida Schools Recognized As “Purple Star” Military-Friendly Schools
Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse on Wednesday was confirmed as the incoming president of the University of Florida, as several members of the state university system’s Board of Governors defended Sasse amid student and faculty opposition. Members of the board, which oversees the state’s network…
Read More Republican Senator Confirmed As University Of Florida President
Parents, students and a non-profit group have filed a revised lawsuit after a federal judge last month tossed out a challenge to a new state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in public schools. The revised version, filed Thursday in federal…
Read More Opponents Revamp Challenge To Florida Education Law
Over the past four years, Florida Governor DeSantis has held the line on tuition while ensuring Florida’s higher education system is the best in the nation. Recently, the College Board’s “Annual Trends in College Pricing” report confirmed that the cost of a bachelor’s degree for…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis: A College Degree Should Not Put Our Students Into A Lifetime Of Debt
The University of Florida Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the panel’s pick to be the school’s next president, as the Nebraska Republican pledged to practice “political celibacy” if he ultimately gets the job. Sasse would succeed outgoing President…
Read More University Of Florida Trustees Unanimously Choose Sasse As President
The Walt Disney Co. announced Friday it is donating $1 million to Florida A&M University to help launch a “Storytellers Fund” at the school. The money will go to FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication to establish the fund for five years. Students selected…
Read More Disney Provides $1M For Florida A&M University Program