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A new Florida law could lead to less kids getting paddled at school
State data shows schools inflicted corporal punishment in 516 instances during the 2023-24 school year.
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DeSantis’ 2025 budget vetoes include $14M meant for Hillsborough County Sheriff aviation hangar
He also doesn’t want to study the consequences of eliminating property taxes.
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‘Gulf Of America,’ school start times and more freshly-signed laws for Florida educators
Lawmakers spent much of the 2025 legislative session at odds with each other, causing several education bills to be delayed until the last scheduled day of session.
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There’s now a lawsuit to stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from operating in the Florida Everglades
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is developing a new university accreditor to ‘upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels’
DeSantis has focused heavily on “woke” ideologies by pushing legislation to ban state spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remaking state higher education institutions to be more conservative.
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DeSantis rushes ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to detain undocumented immigrants in the Everglades
Critics called it a ploy to go viral at taxpayers’ expense.
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Florida officials open door for state colleges to increase out-of-state tuition by up to 15 percent
Out-of-state tuition has not been changed at any public institution in Florida since 2012, when University of South Florida raised it to $491 per credit hour.
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Just before midnight, Florida’s Republican-led Legislature finally approves a budget
The deal includes a $1.3 billion tax cut package.
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Monday vote set after Florida lawmakers finally reach budget, tax, agreements
This year’s session was extended because of the legislative leaders’ failure to pass a budget.
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Controversies over Florida university presidents continue at FAMU
The latest dispute over Marva Johnson’s five- year contract at the HBCU is over how she will earn her pay.
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University of Florida trustees stand by controversial choice of Santa Ono for college president
His nomination being denied by the State University System Board of Governors.
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Tampa Homeland Security says its team led Tallahassee ICE raids where workers were bused away
Bystanders protesting the raid told agents they should be ashamed of themselves, criticized them for wearing masks, and told them they are all descendants of immigrants.
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FAMU, Florida’s sole public historic Black university, taps GOP ally as president
The board of trustees also voted to increase the salary at $750,000.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd pleased with changes to Florida’s classroom locked-door law
The bill has not yet been sent to the governor.
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Corporal punishment among education issues addressed in 2025 Florida legislative session
Last-second bartering yielded two education omnibus bills.
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Florida Senate softens algebra, English, graduation requirements for high schoolers
Students would still have to pass the classes notwithstanding a failing test score.
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Florida bill would allow high schoolers to graduate without passing algebra or English final exams
The bill does not have a companion in the House, which will have to pass it before the governor could sign it into law.
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‘I thought we were done with the culture wars’: Democrats push back on measure clarifying what makes school books ‘harmful to minors’
Smith argued the new bill would limit schools’ ability to maintain classical works in their collections.
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‘He’s completely racist’: Jewish legislative caucus calls on DeSantis to reconsider UWF trustee appointment
Rep. Mike Gottlieb, chair of the caucus, told the Phoenix, “I mean, this is not the kind of guy that we need running an institution of higher learning and education here.”
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After Florida public schools tank in federal report, Manny Diaz says private schools should’ve been included
However, the U.S. Department of Ed says it would “love” to include private schools in the results but cannot because not enough agree to participate.