State Board of Education

It's the first grades issued after the Florida Board of Education replaced the Florida Standards Assessment with progress monitoring, in which public school students in grades 3 through 10 are tested three times a year.

The Florida Board of Education unanimously passed a new rule that creates a stiffer penalty for those who want to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

Plaintiffs filed a revised version of the lawsuit, which in part said the law violates First Amendment rights and chills speech related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Under the proposal, districts would be required to submit a form detailing objections by June 30 of each year.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is seeking to apply what critics call the "Don't Say Gay" law through the 12th grade. It will go up for a vote next month.

It would make taxpayer-backed school vouchers eligible for any Florida student. The Senate could consider a similar bill next week.

It would extend the prohibition on teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade.

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

A law past last year requires school boards to adopt procedures that provide for the “regular removal or discontinuance” of books that don't align with state standards, among other factors.

In new guidance up for a vote, librarians are warned to avoid books that contain “unsolicited theories that may lead to student indoctrination."

The State Board of Education will meet Wednesday to examine LGBTQ support guides and bathroom policies for transgender students in 10 school districts — including Hillsborough County — to make sure they comply with state law.

Some characterized it as a way to provide transparency and others say it is potentially harmful to LGBTQ students.