
Florida education commissioner disputes feds on transgender nondiscrimination protections
Manny Diaz warned against schools making certain accommodations for transgender students.
Manny Diaz warned against schools making certain accommodations for transgender students.
Abortion-rights supporters are fighting the new Florida law that would prevent women from having abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The governor sent a questionnaire to the candidates to evaluate whether their views line up with his priorities.
The measure will require law-enforcement officers stationed at public schools to complete mental-health crisis intervention training.
DeSantis instructed the new education commissioner to ignore a plan that would have made the districts with mask requirements ineligible for the reserve fund.
The State Board of Education last summer approved a rule that placed restrictions on the way history can be taught in public schools.
Textbooks for kindergarten through fifth-grade students were rejected at the highest rate, with 71 percent of materials turned away.