Florida is now monitoring students’ social media behavior

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, FLDOE, Health & Safety, Hot Topic, In the News, Legislation, Public Records, School Governance

As kids head back to school across Florida in the coming weeks, the state has a new tool designed to help school districts identify, assess and provide intervention services to students whose behavior may pose a threat to themselves of others.The Florida Schools Safety Portal (FSSP) was unveiled by the state Department of Education on…

Getting tough: Florida’s education chief Richard Corcoran tells school districts to fall in line

2019 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Curriculum, Health & Safety, In the News, Legislation, School Governance

Mental health. Career planning. Personal finances.  The list of topics that Florida lawmakers have required school districts to cover in classrooms continued to grow this year — some with little advance notice or funding to support them.  The mental health mandate, for instance, came from the State Board of Education less than a month before…