Federal COVID-19 relief money has boosted the budget of Orange County Public Schools for more than three years, but that windfall ends in September, and school leaders already are worried about important services approaching a “funding cliff.” They want to continue paying for about $28 million worth of initiatives — including “intervention” teachers and mental health counselors — now covered .
ORLANDO, Fla. — A total of 673 books, from classics to bestsellers, have been removed from Orange County classrooms this year for fear they violate new state rules that ban
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The Florida Senate has backed away from plans to end the state’s recess requirement after objections from “recess moms” and other advocates who argue young students need a daily break from academics and a chance to run and play. But the Senate’s fiscal policy committee is to set to take up three bills at its meeting this morning that scrap key parts of the Republican education agenda that have .
Bills to make several reforms to Florida public schools are on the fast track in the Florida Senate, but a provision that would have fundamentally changed school recess rules is being left behind.