Coronavirus protocols remain a flash point in Florida schools. One district generated confusion as it flip-flopped on its mask policy. A private school, meanwhile, created its own stir by declaring the vaccinations unsafe and steering its employees away from them. Read on for those stories and more Florida education news.
Keep your mask on. The Pasco County school district announced it would maintain its face covering policy through the end of the semester. Officials recently said they might end the rule before the end of April, if Gov. Ron DeSantis did not extend his pandemic state of emergency order for a seventh time. So far, DeSantis has not done so.
Don’t get vaccinated? A Miami-Dade County private school tells staff members that if they receive a coronavirus vaccination, they have to stay away from students, the NY Times reports.
Leadership matters
Time for a reset. Hillsborough County School Board members plan to give embattled superintendent Addison Davis a new set of marching orders at a special workshop today. • Davis sent an apology letter to school administrators, who complained about his leadership in an anonymous survey.
What did he say? Details are out regarding what Broward County superintendent Robert Runcie is accused of lying about, the Sun-Sentinel reports. More from WSVN.
The Lee County school district has revised its LGBTQ rights in the student code of conduct. More than 300 residents attended a School Board meeting to argue about the rules, WINK reports. More from the Fort Myers News-Press.
Tallahassee action
‘Funding students, not institutions.’ A bill to expand Florida’s private school voucher program to thousands more children, at a cost of about $200 million, is headed to the governor’s desk, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
At the same time, lawmakers advanced a plan to eliminate a grant that helps Floridians afford private universities. They projected that getting rid of the ABLE program will save about $5 million annually.
A parents’ “bill of rights” appears headed into Florida law. The idea has its roots in the Sarasota County school district, the Herald-Tribune reports.
Where’s the capital projects money headed? Charter schools look to be the big winner again this year, Florida Politics reports.
Florida lawmakers want to add another graduation requirement for high school students. They sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would require students to learn CPR, WTLV reports.
Charter schools could have more paths to approval. The Senate approved a bill allowing universities and colleges to authorize the charters, the News Service of Florida reports. The measure moves to the House.
Today in Tallahassee ... The full Senate convenes at 10 a.m. HB 259 allowing weapons at religious institutions with schools, and HB 1261 on civil liability of colleges and universities, are up for final consideration. • The full House convenes at 10:30 a.m. SB 590 on school safety and SJR 204 to abolish constitutional revision commissions are up for final consideration.
In the schools
‘Science is not a worksheet.’ A Volusia County teacher strives to ensure her students get hands-on science lessons, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.
Play volleyball! The FHSAA got closer to approving girls wrestling and beach volleyball as sanctioned high school sports, the Gainesville Sun reports.
The St. Johns County school district is considering joining a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. The class-action suit alleges that schools suffered ‘significant damages’ and spent public funds to combat the opioid epidemic, WJXT reports.
Don’t miss a story. Here’s the link to yesterday’s roundup.
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