The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted review in a case about the level of education benefit a child must receive for a school district to have provided an appropriate level of service under the main federal special education law. The case, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 (No. 15-827), raises an important question…
A Leon County circuit court judge has come down in favor of families challenging Florida’s third-grade retention practices, ruling that school districts ignored the children’s right to alternative forms of promotion and the state Department of Education allowed that to happen. In her order, Judge Karen Gievers highly criticized the Hernando County school district for…
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A state judge is weighing a decision that could shake Florida’s education-accountability system following a marathon hearing Monday in Tallahassee. After nearly nine hours of testimony and arguments, Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers wrapped up a hearing on state and local policies for allowing students to move to the fourth grade but did not rule…
A Texas federal judge issued a nationwide order late Sunday, temporarily halting application of the Obama administration’s guidance on transgender students while a 13-state legal challenge on the issue, led by Texas, is decided. The case is one of a number of legal challenges related to the May guidance, in which the U.S. Departments of…
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday started seeking applications from people who want to serve on the state Constitution Revision Commission, a panel that meets every 20 years to recommend changes to the Florida Constitution. Scott will appoint 15 of the 37 members of the commission. Read full article
A U.S. District judge has moved to set a Friday hearing to consider whether the lawsuit challenging the state’s third-grade retention policies should be decided by a federal court, a new twist in an evolving legal fight over Florida’s standardized testing system. Read full article
TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court says Florida’s teacher union has no legal right to challenge the state’s largest private school voucher program. Read full article
A group of parents filed a complaint in Leon County civil court late Tuesday night, seeking to stop their children from repeating third grade under Florida’s social promotion law. The case, against the Florida Department of Education and seven school districts including Hernando and Pasco counties, aims for an injunction against the rules as students…
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