Florida Department of Education

Since a major expansion of the program, Florida's private school voucher system has experienced delays in getting money to families and schools.

Six weeks into the school year, families of special needs students still have not received school vouchers following a major expansion of the program.

The ASALH conference runs from Sept 20-24 with a focus on Black resistance and the teaching of Black history.

State education officials on Wednesday approved two measures that spell out new processes in which special magistrates could hear disputes about issues such as parents' objections to school-library books.

School district board members said state law governing the appropriateness of school instructional materials needs more clarity to be implemented. Additional guidance from the Florida Department of Education is expected on Aug. 23.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we talk about the latest in education news, the approval of PragerU educational materials in K-12 schools and Florida's recently expanded vouchers program.

The critic of Gov. DeSantis had indicated he would protect teachers against laws on how aspects of history, race, sexuality, and gender identity are taught in public schools.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill that will allow school districts to use cameras designed to capture images of drivers who illegally pass school buses.

The Florida Department of Education is gearing up to begin developing rules to carry out various new laws, including controversial measures passed during the 2023 legislative session.

Removing a book from school libraries, classroom indoctrination, and the future of its superintendent were the main points of contention in a Hernando County School Board meeting Tuesday night that lasted over eight hours.

The film, Strange World, tells the story of a family of explorers and includes a character who has a crush on another boy. The fifth-grade teacher from Hernando County says a student's mother lodged a complaint.

The Florida Education Association's lawsuit says the Florida Department of Education went beyond the scope of HB 1467 in its training, which led some districts to cover shelves.