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The clock is now running on when, or if, Chiles Principal Joe Burgess will serve a two-week suspension for doling out extra payments to some employees without properly tracking or documenting their time.
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Leon County Schools has found itself at the center of several key pieces of legislation aimed at curbing school powers. Among the biggest: a new law that prevents schools from making decisions regarding a student’s health and wellbeing without consulting with parents. This is how a local fight between the school district and a parent, resulted in what opponents are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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The Leon County School District is facing long-term financial headwinds in the form of school choice. More families are taking advantage of tuition assistance to send their kids to private schools or home school. And traditional public schools—and even charter schools—are left holding the bag.
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Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna addressed Florida lawmakers Tuesday as they discussed education funding. He asked them to reconsider a plan to cut $200 million from a dozen school districts that defied the state’s rule against mask mandates.
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Conflict is erupting over a House education budget item that would strip $200 million from a dozen local school districts that defied Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to ban mask mandates that did not allow parents to opt-out.
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The Leon County School District has dropped its mask requirements for students in grades Pre-K through 8th. Leon Superintendent Rocky Hanna says he’s following through on his promise to parents to revisit the policy when positivity rates fell.
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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.
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The Leon County School District will allow asymptomatic children to stay in school. Those students will still have to wear a mask, though.
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Leon County’s School Board and Superintendent are the latest to take a fight with the state over student masking to court. The district has filed a challenge to a Florida Department of Health rule that says districts have to allow parents to opt out.
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The Leon County School district is lawyering up to defend its school mask mandate. The district has hired the same firm that is also representing Miami Dade Schools in the ongoing fight over requiring students to wear face coverings.