Sarasota County School Board

Hillsborough and Sarasota counties are among a dozen school districts that defied a mask mandate ban from the governor and as a result would get a smaller funding increase under the House budget proposal. The leader of the Senate says its a plan he's open to discussing.

One Tampa Bay county is getting ready to vote on keeping a school tax in place, while another is considering a similar option.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says local law enforcement can handle any complaints and that the Justice Department is trying to silence parents.

The meetings turned into rowdy affairs with some parents who loudly voice their opinions on the mask mandate and critical race theory.

The meetings turned into rowdy affairs with some parents who loudly voice their opinions on the mask mandate and critical race theory.

The Florida School Board Association says a letter from its national affiliate letter to the U.S. Department of Justice is the cause.

School boards across the country are grappling with how to manage school board meetings where emotions increasingly run high.

More Florida school boards vote to require masks as the state follows through with the threat to hold back funding. And, how the state changed reporting COVID-19 deaths.

School Board members expressed concern about safely returning to in-person classes as pediatric COVID-19 cases reach peak levels in Sarasota County.

Sarasota County is the latest district to announce that masks will be optional for faculty and students in the 2021-2022 school year.

More than 10,000 students — about 12% of the district — have mental health needs that go unmet because of staff shortages.

In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, the Sarasota County School Board chose Brennan Asplen III to be the new superintendent.Acknowledging that they were…