Miguel Cardona

The comments by Miguel Cardona came during his tour Thursday of NeoCity Academy in Kissimmee.

Secretary Miguel Cardona says he's been monitoring a series of state bills he says are "attacking" public schools. His visit came a day after Florida lawmakers voted to expand the "Parental Rights in Education" bill.

Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar says the problem with this language is that it is vague.

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.

It's giving school officials in Alachua and Broward counties 48 hours to reverse course on requiring parents to submit doctors’ notes to opt out of mask mandates or risk losing district funds.