/tags/school-districts school districts en-US WLRN Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:00:00 GMT /education/2022-10-07/florida-school-districts-impacted-by-hurricane-ian-get-flexibility-in-enrollment-counts School districts that closed for at least a day because of Hurricane Ian will have flexibility related to reporting enrollment, according to the Florida Department of Education. Districts periodically report enrollment numbers and other information to the state that can affect their funding. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:00:00 GMT /education/2022-10-07/florida-school-districts-impacted-by-hurricane-ian-get-flexibility-in-enrollment-counts The News Service of Florida /news/2021-10-13/the-leon-county-school-district-lets-parents-opt-out-of-masking-no-medical-excuse-required The Leon County School District has dropped its mask requirements for students in grades Pre-K through 8th. Leon Superintendent Rocky Hanna says he’s following through on his promise to parents to revisit the policy when positivity rates fell. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:15:14 GMT /news/2021-10-13/the-leon-county-school-district-lets-parents-opt-out-of-masking-no-medical-excuse-required Lynn Hatter /news/2021-10-12/florida-school-boards-are-under-fire-over-covid-race-policies-where-conservatives-see-free-speech The federal government recently announced it would investigate threats against local school board members. The announcement comes amid growing acrimony between parental groups and public school leaders over issues like face masks and critical race theory. Yet, where some see a threat—others see an exercise of free speech. Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:45:35 GMT /news/2021-10-12/florida-school-boards-are-under-fire-over-covid-race-policies-where-conservatives-see-free-speech Lynn Hatter /news/2021-09-01/florida-is-blocking-money-from-2-school-districts-over-mask-mandates-defying-a-judge A judge ruled Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on school mask mandates "is without legal authority" and can't be enforced. But that's not stopping the State Board of Education from withholding paychecks. Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:24:43 GMT /news/2021-09-01/florida-is-blocking-money-from-2-school-districts-over-mask-mandates-defying-a-judge Vanessa Romo /news/2019-09-12/florida-senate-looks-to-revise-school-guardian-law-after-palm-beach-county-failures TALLAHASSEE --- Senate President Bill Galvano on Wednesday threw his support behind revising a state law that governs training for school guardians, after… Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:28:27 GMT /news/2019-09-12/florida-senate-looks-to-revise-school-guardian-law-after-palm-beach-county-failures News Service of Florida /education/2015-11-05/amendment-could-reshape-florida-school-districts Right now, school districts in Florida are pretty simple. One county; one school district.But Florida lawmakers have proposed a constitutional amendment… Fri, 06 Nov 2015 03:08:19 GMT /education/2015-11-05/amendment-could-reshape-florida-school-districts /education/2015-03-27/house-passes-bill-to-reduce-class-size-penalties School districts are likely to face fewer penalties for violating class-size requirements under a bill that passed the Florida House Friday on a vote of… Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:28:45 GMT /education/2015-03-27/house-passes-bill-to-reduce-class-size-penalties