Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida

Fentrice Driskell, a representative from Tampa and policy chairwoman for the House Democratic Caucus, said her party will focus on “pocketbook issues" such as property insurance rates.

Federal officials had been withholding a third of the more than $7 billion dollars that was allocated for Florida schools under the American Rescue Plan Act. About $2.35 billion was released to the state.

The tests heading to long-term care facilities were stockpiled during a “downturn” and expired at the end of the year. The state has been waiting for an answer from the federal government on whether they are usable.

Amid the delay in the roll-out of Biden’s plan, DeSantis appears to be pushing for a race with the federal government to get tests shipped out first.

The governor and surgeon general point to residents who get tested "multiple times per week" without COVID symptoms and will add state guidance to “unwind the testing psychology” of the Biden administration.

In a letter to students, faculty and staff, university system Board of Governors Chairman Syd Kitson and system Chancellor Marshall Criser promised in-person learning will continue on all campuses.

The U.S. Department of Education dropped a cease-and-desist order after the state returned money it had been withholding from school districts that had since reversed their mask mandates.

Gov. DeSantis said he will introduce legislation called the Stop W.O.K.E. Act while calling critical race theory “corporate-sanctioned racism.”

Analysts project enrollment could drop by more than 9% over the next five years if the trend persists.

It includes a second round of $1,000 bonuses to teachers and principals.