Florida Department of Education

Some families using the voucher for students with disabilities have faced financial and emotional hardship due to payment delays. Private school providers have also felt the ripples of mismanagement.

The state's Education commissioner threatens to sanction educators who make posts critical of Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was assassinated this week.

Florida Education commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas says the scores would be higher if the NAEP test included students in the state's school choice program.

The report from SIECUS: Six Ed for Social Change found: "Florida has more laws prohibiting topics from being taught in sex education than laws requiring topics to be taught."

The state Department of Education just cut 30 percent of the funding for afterschool programs in 40 percent of the state's school districts—with impacts coinciding on the first day of class

The vote will supplement in-person and virtual measures to combat threats to Florida's K-12 schools.

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.

Gov. Ron DeSantis recommended the appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff Anastasios Kamoutsas to succeed Manny Diaz Jr., who is now the interim president at the University of West Florida.

It is one of a series of lawsuits stemming from a 2023 education law and related decisions by districts to remove from library shelves or restrict access to books deemed “pornographic” or describing “sexual conduct.”

The goal is to make it easier for the public and the state to make sure they comply with state laws that restrict sexually and age-inappropriate materials.

The list includes classics and newer favorites that were removed or discontinued in Florida K-12 schools during the 2023-24 school year.