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Education

University of South Florida, Tampa

Florida universities required to send grant, hiring data to DeSantis under state’s DOGE efforts

Listen: Governor Ron DeSantis is asking for years of detailed records from Florida’s public universities and colleges, and giving them a tight deadline to respond. The audit is part of Florida’s DOGE efforts, launched in...
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The controversial UWF Board chair, Scott Yenor, steps down

In 2021 Scott Yenor called working women “more medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome than women need to be.”
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The Florida Senate passes changes to school funding, including vouchers

The bill would create a “categorical” budget fund for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, a major voucher program.
New College

Update: New College backtracks on plans to host Russell Brand, blames ‘current media coverage’

Listen: UPDATE: New College rescheduled the event with Russell Brand “to a later date”, saying that “the current media climate is a distraction from the deeper purpose of the event”. They claimed in a press...
FAU

A bill on higher ed presidential searches is ready for full House consideration

The bill would repeal a law that shields information about candidates to become Florida college and university presidents.
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Private colleges in Florida are concerned about funding cuts

The EASE program provides $3,500 annual grants to undergraduates at Florida private schools.

Thousands of protesters in Tampa part of nationwide Hands Off rally

Marches and rallies spanning from coast to coast across the United States ignited last Saturday against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their policies that have led to the gutting of government, plummeting stock values,...
Autism Awareness

Tampa Bay’s only sensory-friendly science festival is returning

"Sensational SciFest," is for children with sensory sensitivities and hosted by Scientists Inc. & Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.
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The Florida Senate will consider changing high school graduation requirements

The bill would eliminate a requirement that Florida students pass assessments for 10th-grade Algebra 1 and 10th-grade English-language arts.
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The Florida Senate reverses course on later school start times

The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill to undo a 2023 law and leave it up to local officials to decide when schools start.
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Florida Senators back changes to school funding

The bill would affect funding for public schools, voucher programs and home-schooling in Florida.
FAU

Florida’s House Speaker compares university presidential searches to a ‘spoil system’

House Speaker Daniel Perez defended a bill to repeal a law shielding information about school presidential candidates from public disclosure.
The Morning Show Monday
The Morning Show Monday