Federal money comes to Florida schools, for some just in time
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
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Blake High School students march from the school to protest planned job cuts in the Hillsborough County Public Schools Friday, April 30, 2021. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times ]
Updated May 11
Hillsborough County has the nationâs seventh largest school district, and for months it hasnât had much to cheer about. On Monday, officials called a press conference to share some good news. Read on for that story and more Florida education news.
The state announced it would release lump sum federal stimulus payments to districts. For Hillsborough, that meant avoiding a state financial takeover. But more work remains to get the district back on track.
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No Casinos is launching a new statewide ad campaign to warn Floridians about the new Seminole Compact, which opens sports betting that they say illegally expands gambling in violation of the Florida Constitution.
The Orlando-based anti-gambling group argues the deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, signed by DeSantis late last month and could be finalized during a Special Legislative Session starting May 17, lets âpoliticians and gambling lobbyists, instead of voters, authorize a massive expansion of gamblingâ in the Sunshine State.
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