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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…
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
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
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…
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
Friday marked the two-year anniversary of President Obama signing into law the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (or WIOA for short). Last month, the Departments of Labor and Education, in close collaboration with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development, made publicly available the final rules implementing WIOA. We…
A dozen children made pirate ships at the Public Education Partnership of Winter Haven Center in Florence Villa as part of the Learning Resource Center of Polk County’s Camp Ready program. Instead of oak and cedar, they used pieces of apple and cheddar cheese as they worked Wednesday. Read full article
School starts early this year in many Florida districts, thanks to a new state law that allows an earlier opening day. Public schools in Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties open for students Aug. 10, about two weeks earlier than they did last year. Forty of the state’s 67 school districts also start classes on that…
In a move to improve football players’ safety, the Florida High School Athletic Association is following the trend of other football organizing bodies by restricting live contact practice time. Read full article