The group representing the companies suing the state called the ruling "a major victory for free speech."
Miami-Dade County Public Schools said the slip was sent out “in compliance with state law.” Florida education officials, however, called it “nothing more than a political ploy.”
The 2024 Bilingual Teacher of the Year is Puerto Rican! Vivian Rivera is a 4th-grade Spanish dual language educator in Chester, Virginia.
The bill is opposed by 72% of Floridians, but if it becomes law, 16 and 17-year-olds would be allowed to work the same hours as adults, even on school nights.
The bill has received bipartisan support from House members and has advanced through two committees.
The Republican ally of Gov. DeSantis claims that the state has the right to remove books that it disapproves of from public-school shelves.
The uproar was over a book checked out by a 17-year-old that has been recommended by a librarian association’s “Teen Reads” list and by the School Library Journal.
Ahead of Wednesday’s third and final 2024 GOP presidential primary debate, President Joe Biden’s campaign zeroes in on Trump and DeSantis’ “Florida Blueprint” and its devastating effects across the Sunshine State.
Participants on Tuesday discussed “the growing chorus of diverse voices speaking out against politicians and their far-right supporters’ attempts to attack students’ freedom to learn."
