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The motion contends that the law “was enacted with the purpose to discriminate and has the effect of discriminating against LGBTQ+ students and those with LGBTQ+ family members.”

It includes a requirement that law-enforcement officers at public schools complete mental-health crisis intervention training.

Rules on drills for “active assailant and hostage situations,” bomb threats and natural disasters would be crafted by the state board.

After rejecting math textbooks, state criteria now draw the line on what can be included in social studies materials.

Florida will no longer participate in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, drawing alarm from doctors and child welfare agencies.

Soon-to-be Education Commissioner Manny Diaz is a staunch supporter of school choice, which he says is falsely equated as being against public schools.

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.

The judge upheld the emergency rule and said decisions to opt out of student mask requirements are at the “sole discretion” of parents or guardians.

The U.S. Department of Education has asked an administrative judge to block the state from slashing federal aid money sent to the Broward and Alachua school districts over their mask mandates.

It's in response to the state saying it will withhold the salaries of school board members in counties that have issued mask mandates.

The change will require that students understand the nation’s founding documents, and involves instilling patriotic values in schoolchildren.

The board adopted an emergency rule in August that said students under a quarantine directive can be deemed in attendance.