Florida Board of Education

A new rule now requires school districts to make training available to parents and guardians on the use of FortifyFL, an app where anonymous tips can be submitted about suspicious activities.

Florida joins a list of at least 30 other states that allow high schoolers to engage in NIL deals.

The State Board of Education approved the changes as Florida challenges a Biden administration rule that would help carry out Title IX.

After a challenge to a law critics dub "Don't Say Gay," students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction. Both sides claimed victories in the settlement.

Carrying out parts of a controversial 2023 law, the State Board of Education on Wednesday approved rules that will prevent colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and remove a sociology class from a list of "core" courses.

The Classic Learning Test could be used as a college admissions exam for Florida universities, along with more commonly known tests like the SAT and ACT.

The Florida Board of Education's new rules reinforcing a slate of laws restricting instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom include limits on the use of preferred pronouns.

CAIR-Florida is calling on the state Department of Education to "clarify and reject any relationship between the Islamophobic Prager University and Florida schools."

Rep. Dianne Hart, D-Tampa, released a statement Friday that accompanied a letter urging DeSantis and state Education Commissioner Manny Diaz to revise the standards.

Included in Florida’s new Black History standards are important leaders like General Colin Powell and President Barack Obama as examples of patriotism. Also included: The Ocoee and Rosewood Massacres, the role of black fraternities and sororities, civil rights groups like the NAACP and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Council.

The middle school standards approved by the Florida state education board say students should learn about "skills" learned by slaves that could be "applied for their personal benefit." Several historians who have studied slavery cast doubt on this lesson’s educational value.

Educators now risk losing their teaching license if they refer to students by preferred names or pronouns. They also run this risk if they use bathrooms, names or pronouns that don’t match their own sex assigned at birth.