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In Florida's effort to better protect school campuses, students themselves are being more closely policed.
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Bill Requiring Mandatory Moment Of Silence In Florida Public Schools Passes House – But Not Without Controversy
Under the proposal, which would cover all K-12 public school classrooms, teachers can not recommend what students do with that time but should encourage parents to have that conversation with their children.
Read More »Three Years Later, Former Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students At UF Continue To Advocate, Heal and Remember
Feb. 14 is usually a day marked with chocolates and flowers. But for the roughly 100 attendees at the vigil organized by March For Our Lives Gainesville, it was a day of remembrance. Sunday marks three years since the tragic mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Votes To Discuss Shifting School Resource Officer Funding
The Gainesville City Commission is moving forward with a plan to extract its police department from school resource officer duties.
Read More »‘Mental Health Firefighters’: A Mental Health Counselor On The Impacts Of Coronavirus
WUFT News recently spoke with a mental health counselor for Meridian Behavioral Healthcare about its mobile response program and how people should be thinking about their mental health during these challenging times.
Read More »Multiple Alachua County Charter Schools Struggle Financially To Comply With A New Florida Safety Law
Healthy Learning Academy spent nearly $22,000 hiring their school’s guardian to comply with an update to Florida law. This, coupled with spending on other safety precautions such as industrial metal doors, a fence and gate, resulted in spending over half of their general fund balance in one year.
Read More »NRA, Local Governments Square Off On Gun Law
The NRA this week filed a proposed friend-of-the-court brief urging the 1st District Court of Appeal to uphold the 2011 law, which has threatened tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun regulations.
Read More »Teacher Pay A Centerpiece Of DeSantis Budget
The proposal is an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a 2020-2021 budget during the legislative session that starts Jan. 14.
Read More »Hippodrome Theatre Production Of “The Blameless” Focuses On Healing After Gun Violence
"The Blameless" follows a family as they have a shooter’s father over for dinner.
Read More »Florida Appeals Court Upholds ‘Red Flag’ Law In Gilchrist County Case
The ruling by a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal came in a case in which the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office believed that one of its deputies, Jefferson Eugene Davis, posed a threat after he suspected infidelity by his longtime girlfriend.
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