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28.10.2021 / 03:05

Florida penalizes school district over masks, federal COVID grant

Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state of Florida has docked a school district more than $164,000 for defying a ban on classroom mask mandates and for being awarded a federal coronavirus grant, county school officials said Wednesday.Alachua County Public Schools Superintendent Carlee Simon said the penalty includes monthly salaries of its school board members as well as the full amount of a federal virus grant the county applied for last month.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis hosts news conference with education secretary in South Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis will be at a Catholic school in South Florida Tuesday morning to host a news conference.

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Florida Education Commissioner asks districts to make face masks voluntary next school year

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is asking school districts to make mandatory face mask policies voluntary for the next school year.

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New order allows Florida high school seniors, 3rd graders to graduate without passing state exams

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida high school seniors will be able to graduate this year and 3rd graders can move on without passing the normally required state assessments, according to a new executive order signed Friday by Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran.

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Florida schools will have more time for state, federal testing

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an extension Monday allowing schools more time to complete federal and state testing due to circumstances created by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Florida schools to ‘stay the course’ following CDC guidance on reopening schools, education commissioner says

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday provided a roadmap for reopening schools during the ongoing pandemic but in Florida where campuses have welcomed students back since the beginning of the academic year, much of the precautious are already being utilized.

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OCPS medical committee asks education commissioner to allow virtual learning in spring

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Due to the rising coroanvirus cases throughout the U.S.

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Seminole County superintendent requests eliminating school letter grades due to COVID-19

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Superintendent Dr.

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Should Florida students continue virtual learning next semester?

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida’s education leader says he hopes to have a decision on whether students can continue virtual learning next semester by sometime in November.Richard Corcoran, Florida Education Commissioner, toured Florida Virtual School in Orlando on Monday with U.S.

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DA seeks death penalty against Philly suspect in western Pa. murder case

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. - Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty if a man is convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a Pennsylvania home earlier this year.Isaiah Payne, 32, of Philadelphia is charged in the deaths of 28-year-old Mikal Jackson-Stevenson and 52-year-old Natalie Washington in Altoona in May.District Attorney Pete Weeks gave notice Friday that prosecutors consider capital punishment warranted in the case of a first-degree murder conviction because there were multiple victims and drug laws were allegedly violated.Local media reports that defense attorney Richard Corcoran acknowledged receipt of the aggravating circumstances Friday and said he will be working on a

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Blair County prosecutors to seek death penalty in slayings of 2 in May

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis holds education roundtable from Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis will host an education roundtable Monday in Tallahassee.His discussion comes after a Leon County circuit judge determined Florida’s order requiring schools to reopen in August is unconstitutional.Judge Charles Dodson issued a temporary injunction accusing Gov.

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Ruling on reopening Florida schools put back on hold

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a partial win for Gov.

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Judge sides with Florida teachers rejects putting schools ruling on hold

Siding with teachers unions, a Leon County circuit judge Thursday lifted a stay of his earlier ruling that a state order requiring schools to reopen in August is unconstitutional.Judge Charles Dodson on Monday issued a temporary injunction accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and other state education officials of ignoring the Florida Constitution by requiring school districts to resume face-to-face instruction this month amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Here’s what the teachers union lawsuit decision means for Central Florida schools

ORLANDO, Fla. – In a groundbreaking decision Monday, a judge sided with Florida’s largest teachers union ruling that Florida’s mandate to require schools to provide in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic is unconstitutional.The Florida Education Association, or FEA, along with a number of other organizations filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and the state alleging reopening schools during the pandemic was unsafe.

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Judge sides with Florida teachers union, says districts should decide if schools should reopen

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Tallahassee-based judge sided with Florida’s largest teachers union Monday ruling that Florida’s blanket order to require schools to teach students in the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic is unconstitutional.Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, along with a number of other organizations filed a lawsuit against Gov.

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Judge slated to rule on Florida teachers union lawsuit next week

With more than 150,000 Florida children already in their desks, the state and teachers unions squared off Friday in a legal battle over Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s mandate that local school officials resume in-person instruction this month amid the coronavirus pandemic.Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson, who is slated to issue a ruling early next week, heard closing arguments in lawsuits filed by the Florida Education Association and the union that represents Orange County teachers.The unions allege that a July 6 emergency order issued by Corcoran requiring brick-and-mortar schools to reopen five days a week in August violates the state Constitution’s guarantee of “safe” and “secure” public education.

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Florida Education Association files emergency hearing to delay reopening of schools

The Florida Education Association hopes a judge will delay the reopening of schools for in-person instruction. The labor union filed an emergency hearing on Aug.

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Florida governor would send his children back to school in person -- if they were old enough

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Parents across Florida have had to decide whether to keep their students home or to send them back to schools in August amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, while Florida Gov.

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CDC says schools can minimize risk of COVID-19 when students return

recently supported a goal of having students physically present in school for the coming school year."We do believe there are a variety of different strategies that schools can adopt that really minimize the risk in opening these schools quite safely," Redfield said.Ultimately, the decision for reopening rests in the hands of state and local officials.On Monday, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an executive order requiring school districts to offer the option for in-person learning in the fall.Administration officials said support would be offered on the federal level for schools to follow best practices for reopening safely.“Our goal right now is to work hand in hand with the local jurisdictions now to help let them

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Trust Index: Are children at ‘extremely low risk’ for coronavirus?

Florida schools will re-open in full capacity in August, Florida’s Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran made this comment about children and coronavirus: “They are at an extremely low risk not only of contracting it but even spreading it. All of that data is in."Dr.

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Here’s how Central Florida schools plan to tackle distance learning during the coronavirus outbreak

ORLANDO, Fla. – As the number of coronavirus cases in the Sunshine State continues to grow, state officials have ordered all Florida school districts to practice distance learning until students can return to school.

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