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banned books, First Amendment

Florida pushes back in a legal fight over school books

Florida is trying to fend off a lawsuit by publishing companies and authors over the removal of books from school libraries.
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Pasco County Schools will provide free meals for the upcoming school year

Pasco County will be participating in free meals via the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) during the 2024-25 school year.
banned books, First Amendment

Plaintiffs ask judge to order books returned to Escambia school shelves

Plaintiffs against the Escambia County School Board asked a judge to order officials to return to the shelves seven banned books.
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A court backs Florida school boards on bus accident PIP insurance payments

A court ruled that school boards are not required to reimburse an insurance company for medical expenses of people injured in accidents.

The Scoop: Thurs. June 20th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall today and the National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disturbance near the Bahamas.
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Pasco County Schools are providing free meals for students this summer

Pasco County Schools’ will be providing free meals to students this summer, this will be begin on June 3rd.
banned books, First Amendment

A dispute over the removal of the ‘And Tango Makes Three’ book from a Florida school district’s libraries is sent to mediation

A judge sent to mediation a lawsuit about the removal of the book “And Tango Makes Three” from Escambia County school library shelves.
banned books, First Amendment

Ron DeSantis supports a bill to charge for “bad faith” book exceptions

Gov. Ron DeSantis supported a House proposal to limit “bad-faith objections” to school library books and instructional materials.
education

School safety measures advance in the Florida House

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved two bills aimed at bolstering security at public schools and Jewish day schools.
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The Florida House will consider a bill to allow ‘patriotic organizations’ to visit schools

A bill allowing certain “patriotic organizations” to talk with Florida public school students is ready for consideration by the state House.
banned books, First Amendment

A federal judge says a First Amendment lawsuit can go ahead against a Florida school district for restricting access to library books

A federal judge says a First Amendment challenge can proceed against the Escambia County School Board on access to school library books.
Education school superintendents

School superintendents from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco weigh in on vouchers, cell phones and removing books from schools

We hear from the school superintendents from Pinellas (Kevin Hendrick), Pasco (Kurt Browning) and Hillsborough Counties (Van Ayres).

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