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Student activists organize 'Red Card' immigrant rights campaign for Orange County schools
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (1142+ words) As federal immigration enforcement activity becomes an increasingly visible fixture in Central Florida, student activists in Orlando are organizing a new project to inform immigrant students in Orange County's public schools of their rights if confronted by a federal enforcement…...
SeaWorld offers preschoolers unlimited free admission all 2026
1+ week, 4+ day ago (160+ words) Orlando aquatic parks SeaWorld and Aquatica are once again offering a year of unlimited free admission to Florida preschoolers 3 to 5 years old. The deadline to register online for the Preschool Card is Tuesday, Feb. 3. Once active, the Preschool Card has…...
George Washington, Abe Lincoln portraits could be required in classrooms
1+ week, 5+ day ago (472+ words) Lawmakers took another step toward welcoming former Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln into Florida classrooms Tuesday when the Senate Education Pre-K-12 committee approved SB 420. The measure passed the committee on a 6-1 vote. It would require portraits of Washington and…...
Florida bill would ban public colleges from admitting undocumented students
2+ week, 6+ day ago (321+ words) Undocumented immigrants in Florida won't be able to attend public universities if a sweeping new education bill passes the state Legislature. The 32-page'SB 1052, filed Monday by Vero Beach Republican Sen. Erin Grall, instructs public colleges and universities to exclusively admit…...
University Chancellor Ray Rodrigues is the highest-paid Florida employee
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (473+ words) Florida's University Chancellor Ray Rodrigues was already the highest-paid state employee with his more than $441K salary, beating out the No. 2 employee (Education Commissioner Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas) by roughly $110K. But on Friday, that financial lead grew when the Board of Governors…...
Florida college professors union challenges syllabi requirements
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (339+ words) Unions representing college faculty members have challenged a state Department of Education plan that would expand requirements for professors to post syllabi and other course material online. The Florida Education Association and the United Faculty of Florida filed the administrative…...
'Myriad of accountability problems': Florida Senate plans to clean up school voucher system shortfalls
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (371+ words) The Senate's plan to address the school choice voucher system's shortfalls was made public Friday." "A myriad of accountability problems" went on display this week when two legislative committees reacted to an independent audit showing "funding did not follow the…...
Florida lawmakers offer safety plan for students with autism
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (537+ words) Democratic lawmakers in each chamber of the Florida Legisature have re-introduced a bill that would establish a protocol allowing schools to search for students with autism who wander off. The bills requires public schools to create plans and a cohort…...
Florida first state to adopt conservative education plan via Heritage Foundation
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (503+ words) Florida education leaders on Thursday approved a set of principles that would teach a conservative-backed vision of the United States." The State Board of Education, which also approved social-studies changes intended to highlight ideological evils of communism, signed off on…...
Fear of immigration arrests near schools in Florida is reducing enrollment, officials say
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1427+ words) Alex Rodriguez Silva moved into his family's dream home in Hialeah in South Florida three years ago. In August, he handed the keys to the new owners and packed his family's belongings into a moving van for a four-day drive…...