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Florida lawmakers are considering giving colleges and k-12 schools a reprieve from potential lawsuits and school grades. Sarasota Republican Senator and state GOP Chairman Joe Gruters’ proposal combines some of the biggest concerns of higher education institutions and school districts regarding how to deal with students in the pandemic.

Florida school districts are planning to administer state exams next month, but don’t know how those exams will be used. Lynn Hatter reports as the testing window draws closer, a pair of Florida Democrats want the state to not put much stock into the results.

There’s only one day left for lawmakers to decide what the state of testing will be in Florida’s public schools. It's now up to the House to decide what…

Florida lawmakers are preparing to wrap several education policy issues into a single deal—what’s often called a “train” bill in legislative parlance. The…

Tallahassee Democrat Bill Montford is out with a plan to revamp the state’s testing system. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Senate and House…

Leon County’s school board is pushing back against the state’s pre-testing program. Board members say students are losing valuable classroom time so that…

A Florida Senate education committee seems open to big changes in the state’s testing and accountability scheme. After years of ramping up the testing…

With lawmakers in town for Session, many groups pick up the mic to air their grievances. The cries of teachers filled the Capitol Courtyard Thursday.A…

Among Governor Rick Scott’s list of vetoed projects is $3 million that had been earmarked for a review of school technology needs. The money came as a…

Leon School Board members say the Florida Department of Education is downplaying the extent and impact of system outages that affected this year’s Spring…