State Board of Education

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.

The motion contends that the law “was enacted with the purpose to discriminate and has the effect of discriminating against LGBTQ+ students and those with LGBTQ+ family members.”

It includes a requirement that law-enforcement officers at public schools complete mental-health crisis intervention training.

Rules on drills for “active assailant and hostage situations,” bomb threats and natural disasters would be crafted by the state board.

After rejecting math textbooks, state criteria now draw the line on what can be included in social studies materials.

Florida will no longer participate in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, drawing alarm from doctors and child welfare agencies.

Soon-to-be Education Commissioner Manny Diaz is a staunch supporter of school choice, which he says is falsely equated as being against public schools.

The U.S. Department of Education dropped a cease-and-desist order after the state returned money it had been withholding from school districts that had since reversed their mask mandates.

The judge upheld the emergency rule and said decisions to opt out of student mask requirements are at the “sole discretion” of parents or guardians.