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Alachua County School District Officials Raise Concerns About Hope Scholarships For Bullied StudentsNearly 2,500 Florida students have applied for a scholarship intended to help victims of bullying.
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Two of Alachua County's three contested school board races were decided during the August primary, but one remains for November.
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For now, all the board members agreed that the need for a safe school environment outweighed the board’s desire to negotiate a more economical contract with ACSO.
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Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell is asking the Alachua County School Board to pay 45 percent of the costs for the School Resource Officer Program, totaling $1.1 million. Darnell said the school board will recoup the costs from the state's Guard Program.
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A new state law is set to redirect millions from sales taxes to fund vouchers for literacy tutors and increase the percentage of teachers’ union members required to pay dues. The new law will also require school boards to display “In God We Trust” in all associated buildings.
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Members of Florida county school boards may soon find themselves faced with a two-term limit as a proposed constitutional amendment makes it’s way through the Florida Constitution Review Commission this week to be voted on for placement on the November ballot.
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What school boards are responsible for, how does the school board system work and how much do school board members get paid?
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Under SB 7026, teachers and coaches who aren’t exclusively in the classroom may undergo training to receive a school guardian certificate that would allow them to carry a concealed firearm on school campus.
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A Gainesville High School student is no longer enrolled after administrators learned of his racially-charged and threatening social media posts.
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Many of Alachua County's elementary school students are attending class in portables due to overcrowding and rapid growth in the western part of the county.