Education

The scholarship was established for a person of color by the Lentini family, who want the endowment returned. A New College attorney says that's not how gifts work.

Anastasios Kamoutsas said his top priorities are school safety and student achievement. He was appointed commissioner in June after Manny Diaz Jr. became interim president of the University of West Florida.

The Trump administration announced it would withhold $6 billion in education grants to schools and education groups throughout the country to review whether they align with the president's priorities.

Florida teachers must use pronouns that align with sex assigned at birth, and the court ruled that teacher Katie Wood “cannot show ... she was speaking as a private citizen rather than a government employee.”

The workers gathered outside the entrance to the Davie campus to express their demands to Encompass, the company that contracts them with the university to clean its facilities and maintain its grounds.

The yearslong dispute is about whether the school should have been barred from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before an FHSAA football championship game.

The state Board of Education appointed Anastasios Kamoutsas, who served as general counsel and chief staff for the state's Education Department before moving to the governor's office.

According to a proposed contract posted on the school's website, Johnson's salary would be making $150,000 more than her predecessor,

The law prohibits cellphone use throughout the school day in elementary and middle schools and creates a pilot program that prevents cellphone use in some high schools.

Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating use of cellphones in schools in 2023 and has another bill awaiting the governor's signature this year. Alaska and Nebraska just became the 25th and 26th.

The four finalists will visit the campus, and the Board of Trustees will vote on Friday.

The Legislature passed a bill barring elementary and middle school students from using cellphones during the school day and testing the idea in high schools.