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New Florida Law Expected To Increase Textbook Challenges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature recently changed state law to allow any resident to challenge their school district’s textbooks and curricula and get a hearing before an outside mediator.
Florida University Suspends 2 Greek Life Organizations
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Two Greek life organizations at a Florida university are being suspended for separate hazing incidents.
Clearwater Elementary Student Burned In School Fire
A Clearwater student is recovering in the Tampa General Hospital's burn unit after being severly injured in a fire at High Point Elementary School.
Florida State Suspends Greek Life Following Alcohol Death
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State University indefinitely suspended its 55 fraternities and sororities Monday after the alcohol-related death of a freshman pledge and cocaine charges for another fraternity member.
Florida State Becomes 3rd University To Suspend Greek Life
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State becomes at least the third university this year to suspend Greek life because of alcohol-related tragedies.
Car’s Backfire Mistaken For Gun Shots, Locks Down High School
A Polk County high school saw early morning police activity and was placed on lockdown after supposed gunshots were heard in the school's parking...
Florida Expects Hundreds Of Displaced Puerto Rican Students
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Rican children displaced by Hurricane Maria are expected to enroll in Florida and other U.S. public schools...
Report: Leon County Schools Among Florida’s Most Segregated
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tallahassee, scene of some of Florida’s epic early civil rights battles, has retreated from the ideals of the ’60s and ’70s. Some public schools in Florida’s capital city are re-segregated, according to a LeRoy Collins Institute report.
Student Charged With Having Gun On School Bus
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida high school student was arrested for having a gun on a school bus.
No Blue Hair On Picture Day For Pupil, School Principal Says
ST. JOHNS, Fla. (AP) — A third-grade student in Florida was sent home from school on picture day because he broke the dress code by sporting blue hair.
