Schools

In the game, students with water guns are assigned a fellow student as a target. However, a student was shot by a FDLE officer last week after being mistaken for a home invaders, officials said.

United Teachers of Dade president Hernandez-Mats outlined protocols schools have to protect students from immigration enforcement. One Miami-Dade teacher has been arrested at a hearing and is facing deportation, however.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked for a historic $29.7 billion for public education. Florida's largest teachers union, however, is concerned about the increase per pupil and added funds for the state's voucher program.

Tampa Bay area schools lost necessary classroom time after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Now, the school districts have to find a way to make up instructional hours.

The ready-to-eat meals, processed at an Oklahoma plant operated by BrucePac, went out to more than 200 schools, including nine in Florida.

A school partnership began a year ago after the students discovered a shared passion for protecting sea turtles. The Cayman Islands children visited recently to hear Jane Goodall speak and share ideas.

When a child misses school, it's harder to stay on track academically. So school and health experts are trying to change the culture around sick days. Here's what they want parents to know.

One provision of a sweeping state education law allows for a library, community service organization, museum, performing arts venue, theater, cinema or church to house a school.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss how districts are considering school closures due to shrinking enrollment, the impact of Florida’s anti-immigration laws one year later, a series of reports about Florida’s Wildlife Corridor and the 2021 Law to conserve millions of more acres.

The governor also signed measures on school safety that strengthens perimeters and to help stop sex trafficking at massage establishments.

The program will allow graduates to become credentialed as school psychologists by the Florida Department of Education and become nationally certified school psychologists.

Supporters of the measure say allowing chaplains would add another tool to help schools address children’s mental health issues. The bill would need approval from the Senate.