Florida Board of Education

The Florida Board of Education has approved rules for the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 public schools and state colleges.

These schools were meant to serve children in impoverished areas. Then the law expended to enable these charters to co-locate in schools with unused space.

The Florida Board of Education voted to sunset the certificates for students with disabilities who can't complete the coursework needed for a diploma.

Florida joins a list of at least 30 other states that allow high school athletes to be compensated for their name, image, and likeness, known as NIL deals.

Florida’s top education officials on Wednesday approved a rule to carry out a new state law requiring school-library employees to complete training sessions as part of an effort to increase scrutiny of library books and instructional materials.

The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools didn't join the district until months after a grand jury finished its work. But as the fallout around the grand jury's report continues, the chair of the state Board of Education is suggesting she should be suspended.

The Florida Board of Education is likely to find nearly a dozen school districts are or have been violating the state’s school mask rules. The board is expected to get an update on the districts at a meeting next week.

The federal government has sent Florida more than $7 billion through the American Rescue Plan. But the state says it has the next three years to use up that money. And while officials are deciding who should get what, and what programs get funding, Democrats are urging the state to release that money now.

Florida’s largest school district is joining Alachua and Broward in requiring students to wear face coverings. The moves go against an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis requiring such policies to be voluntary.

Attorneys for a group of parents are pushing back against the state’s attempt to scuttle a lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to prevent mask mandates in schools.