Apopka Bowling Team Wins National Title
The Apopka High School Boys Bowling has a new title, “National Champions.” The Apopka team was in 3rd place after the morning qualifying round and advanced with 11 other teams to Round 2. Read full article
Phantom write-in candidates bar more than a million voters from Florida elections
In his secretive and impossible bid for public office, James Bailey will accomplish only this: He will deprive thousands of residents from voting for their state legislator. Read full article
Gov. Scott: With Likely Mosquito-Borne Zika Cases, State Will Use Full Resources to Protect Floridians
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has concluded that four cases of the Zika virus are likely mosquito-borne. DOH knows that the four cases are in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. One of these cases involves a woman and the other three cases involve men. Read full article
Florida health officials confirm local Zika transmission
Four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, Florida health officials said Friday. These are the first known cases of the virus being transmitted by mosquitoes in the continental United States. Read full article
FSBA #FridayFive – Week of July 25, 2016
FSBA #FridayFive – 5 Things You Should Know Zika guidance for schools Political Party Platforms pertaining to education, alpha order: Democratic Party Platform Pertaining to Education Republican Party Platform Pertaining to Education US-ED guidance on students with ADHD NSBA Exec Gentzel, “Public Education is Constantly Evolving and Progressing”
Public Education Is Constantly Evolving And Progressing
A purple school van delivers preschool lessons and health care to isolated Wyoming children and their families. Indiana ninth-graders attend a summer program designed to smooth the transition to high school. A rural California district provides Wi-Fi on school buses, then sends those vehicles to low-income areas so students who live there can do their…
Floridians can shop for back-to-school items tax free next weekend
Florida shoppers should be reminded that a three-day back-to-school tax holiday is right around the corner! Shoppers won’t pay sales tax on clothes worth $60 or less and on school supplies worth $15 or less. The tax holiday runs Aug. 5 through Aug. 7. Read full article
Florida Department of Education to take comments on charter school capital funding rule
Capital outlay funding for Florida’s charter schools became one of the most charged debates in the 2016 legislative session, ultimately yielding new law on which schools qualify for the money. Read full article
Education Department Releases Guidance on Homeless Children and Youth
The U.S. Department of Education today released guidance to states and school districts on the new provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for supporting homeless youth. The new provisions address the needs of homeless individuals, and ensure educational rights and protections for homeless children and youth. The guidance released today will assist state…
U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance On Civil Rights of Students with ADHD
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today issued guidance clarifying the obligation of schools to provide students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with equal educational opportunity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Read full article