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The Florida House has passed a bill that would block transgender children from playing on sports teams that align with their gender.
Bills on transgender student-athletes, teacher union dues near death
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
Pinellas schools eye move to optional masks for summer classes
A student is pictured holding her mask at St. Petersburg High on the first day of classes in August. Pinellas County school officials say they want to continue the mask mandate through the end of the school year, but might try making them voluntary for summer classes.
School Board members showed no interest in ending the district mask mandate before the school year ends.
Pasco schools under investigation over data sharing with sheriff
Caitlin Al-Mutawa, of Tampa, a speech-language pathologist with Veteran's Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, speaks out against student information and data sharing between the Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office during a Pasco School Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Land O' Lakes.
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.
Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
U.S. Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, called for the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the Pasco school district's data-sharing arrangement with the Sheriff's Office.
The Department of Education will look into whether the school district violated federal law by sharing personal student information without consent.

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  1. Hillsborough School Board chairwoman calls an unusual special meeting Friday
    18 minutes ago• Education
    The Hillsborough School Board, seen here during its April 13 meeting, will meet again Friday for a special session requested by chairwoman Lynn Gray.
  2. Bills on transgender student-athletes, teacher union dues near death
    2 hours ago• Education
    The Florida House has passed a bill that would block transgender children from playing on sports teams that align with their gender.
  3. Senate panel advances bill to partially obscure university presidential searches
    Yesterday• Education
    Members of the University of South Florida presidential search committee listen to candidate Jeffrey Vitter in 2019, part of a process that led to the selection of Steve Currall. A proposal making its way through the Florida Legislature would obscure the early stages of university presidential searches from public view.
  5. Pinellas schools eye move to optional masks for summer classes
    Yesterday• Education
    A student is pictured holding her mask at St. Petersburg High on the first day of classes in August. Pinellas County school officials say they want to continue the mask mandate through the end of the school year, but might try making them voluntary for summer classes.
  6. Florida school district refuses hackers’ $40 million ransom, sees 26,000 files published
    Yesterday• Florida
    Hackers who sought $40 million in ransom from a South Florida school district that refused to pay have now published nearly 26,000 stolen files.
  7. Pasco schools under investigation over data sharing with sheriff
    Yesterday• Education
    Caitlin Al-Mutawa, of Tampa, a speech-language pathologist with Veteran's Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, speaks out against student information and data sharing between the Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office during a Pasco School Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Land O' Lakes.
  8. USF to open new vaccine sites for students, faculty, staff
    Yesterday• Health
    Signs advising students on ways to stop the spread of the coronavirus were placed throughout the University of South Florida last year, including at this location on the St. Petersburg campus. Since January, the school has also offered a limited number of vaccines.
  9. Hillsborough commissioner seeks to preserve USF land
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Hills borough Commissioner Kimberly Overman wants the county to preserve the 769 acres for which the University of South Florida is seeking development proposals. (Photo courtesy of Jeannie Mounger).
  10. Hillsborough School Board member: Can we fire superintendent Addison Davis?
    Yesterday• Education
    On social media over the weekend, Hillsborough County School Board member Jessica Vaughn asked if there might be enough votes to fire district superintendent Addison Davis.
  11. Florida lawmakers seek the art of the deal as session nears its end
    Apr. 19• Education
    Many Floridians are kept on the outside of the process as lawmakers negotiate budget and policy issues inside the state Capitol during the 2021 session.
  12. Two Carrollwood seniors from same school amass $1 million in college scholarships
    Apr. 17• Community News
    Chloe Wang, 18, a senior at Carrollwood Day School, poses for a photograph Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in Carrollwood. Wang plans to attend South Hadley, Mass. in the fall.
  13. Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update
    Apr. 17• Education
    Hudson High in Pasco County reported 12 coronavirus cases this week, an unusually high number for a school that has been averaging three or four a month.
  14. Gwen Graham to be appointed assistant secretary in US Department of Education
    Apr. 16• Politics
    Then-gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham, center, speaks during a private fundraiser at a Panama City home in 2017.
  15. Few school districts commit to ending mask mandates
    Apr. 16• Education
    Ms. Euda Toural-Romero, a Spanish teacher, leads her students in a lesson using a digital board, at Excelsior Prep Charter School on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 in Tampa.
  16. Tampa Bay school leaders plan to watch, wait on mask decisions for fall
    Apr. 15• Education
    Student Zachary Ashcroft wears a Mickey Mouse mask at Hillsborough High on the first day of the 2020-21 school year for Hillsborough County.
  17. USF students, faculty balk at idea to develop untouched land near campus
    Apr. 15• Hillsborough
    The USF Forest Preserve, north of the university's Tampa campus, is home to a cypress flood plain. Critics of a plan to seek developer interest in the preserve say the habitat is important for clean drinking water, flood mitigation and greenhouse gas emissions storage in Tampa Bay.
  18. Masks should be voluntary in Florida schools this fall, education commissioner says
    Apr. 15• Education
    Richard Corcoran, Education Commissioner of Florida, during a roundtable discussion at Winthrop College Prep Academy, 12802 U.S. Hwy. 301, on Aug. 10, 2020 in Riverview.
  19. Florida House okays exemption for college president searches
    Apr. 14• Politics
    The House voted 101-16 to approve a bill (HB 997) that would create a records exemption for applicants to become college and university presidents.
  20. School masks remain, despite parent protests
    Apr. 14• Education
    A group of parents has been pressuring the Pinellas County School Board to end its mask mandate for several months.
  21. Hillsborough school cuts draw outcry from parents, teachers
    Apr. 14• Education
    Third-grade teacher Angel Loux, left, talks with art teacher Lashonda Wilburn at Hillsborough County school district headquarters Tuesday, where parents and teachers complained to the School Board about budget cuts that will eliminate about 1,000 jobs in the district. Loux and Wilburn teach at Lomax Magnet Elementary School in Tampa. Wilburn was told she is losing her job at the end of the year.
  22. Hillsborough’s charter school growth comes at a rough time, officials say
    Apr. 13• Community News
    Dakeyan "Dre" Graham was a music educator and Florida teacher of the year when he worked for the Hillsborough County school district. Now he leads the Independent Education & Parental Choice office for the Florida Department of Education.
  23. Pinellas schools to stick with masks, health protocols for now
    Apr. 13• Education
    Students in the Pinellas County school district have been required to wear masks on campus since in-person classes resumed in fall 2020. The district has no plan to end the mask mandate at this point, superintendent Mike Grego said Tuesday.
  24. USF will help study severe allergic reactions to coronavirus vaccines
    Apr. 13• Education
    A new study will attempt to explore the reasons people experience severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines.
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