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Lake County Schools celebrate academic gain of students across 50 schools
WFTV - Florida
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June 30, 2025
TAVARES, Fla. — Lake County Schools celebrates significant academic gains in the latest state assessment results, showing improvements across all tested areas, including a notable 15 percent increase in Algebra 1 proficiency. Lake County Schools...
Keith Jacobs, Eddie Ruiz: Charter Schools USA, Step Up For Students expand options for Florida students
Florida Politics
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June 30, 2025
The education choice landscape has been changing rapidly across the nation, and nowhere have families enjoyed as many options as in Florida. Data from the state’s Department of Education recently revealed a historic milestone: In the 2023-24...
School Board rescinds previous shared services agreement with Jefferson County
Greene Publishing - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com During a special meeting of the Madison County District School Board on Monday, June 30, the board voted to rescind a previous shared services agreement with Jefferson County. The agreement, previously...
Florida business leaders call for better math education
Jacksonville Today - Florida
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June 30, 2025
There’s a disconnect between the math education Florida students get and what employers are looking for. That’s according to a new report from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The Aligning Math Education to Workforce Needs Report...
Florida Now Requires Heart Screenings for All High School Athletes
1290 WJNO - Florida
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FLORIDA - Florida has enacted a new law mandating heart screenings for all public high school athletes to identify potential cardiac issues before students take the field. Effective July 1, the "Second Chance Act" requires student-athletes to...
University of Tampa Signs Futures Qualifier Lainey Blase For 2025
SwimSwam - Texas
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June 30, 2025
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College football recruiting panic index: Should Auburn, Colorado slow summers be cause for concern?
CBS Sports - Florida
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June 30, 2025
While college football news is hard to come by in the early summer months, recruiting season is just starting to heat up for the 2026 class. Prospects around the country were busy with official visits in May and June and, now that that period has...
Florida families, businesses to get some relief after Gov. Ron DeSantis signs tax savings bill into law
WPTV 5 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a tax savings bill into law on Monday that will provide permanent tax savings on essentials for families and "keep Florida affordable," the Florida Senate said in a news release. House Bill 7031 will permanently eliminate...
Florida cracks down on dangerous speeding
AS
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June 30, 2025
Several new laws will be coming into effect from Tuesday July 1 2025 which residents in Florida will need to be aware of. Some of the changes, which include officially renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, might not have a direct...
Florida Land Steward Update, June 30, 2025
UF/IFAS
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June 30, 2025
SIGN UP OPEN FOR SEVERAL REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS (RCPP) Sign up by July 31, 2025 Through RCPP, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) provides financial assistance to landowners to help implement conservation...
School supplies, clothing, & electronics are tax free in July 1 law as another US state gets exemptions on up to $1,500
The U.S. Sun
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June 30, 2025
TAX on certain items such as school supplies, clothing and electronics will be removed in a major US state. Those in the state will be given the sales tax exemptions year round starting in just a few hours. 2 Taxon certain items such as school...
College football 2026 recruiting: June winners, big questions and w...
6 ABC Action News
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June 30, 2025
The most active month of the 2026 recruiting cycle is drawing to a close. How did things shake out on the recruiting trail among the nation's top college football programs this June? Headlined by five-star commitments, Florida, Texas and Texas A&M...
Florida sees 9 H-1B petitions from employers classified under the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry during 2024
Sunshine Sentinel - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-servicesUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship...
U.Va. resignation latest battle in Trump's war on higher education
The Bond Buyer - New York
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June 30, 2025
University of Virginia President James Ryan announced his resignation Friday after the Trump administration pressured the school to seek his ouster.University of Virginia The extraordinary pressure higher education institutions face from the Trump...
Delaware students make historic mark at National Educators Rising Conference
Delaware Live
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June 30, 2025
Delaware students achieved unprecedented success at the 2025 Educators Rising National Conference, held June 26–29 in Orlando, Florida. Competing among more than 3,000 middle school, high school, and collegiate students from across the country,...
Phone bans, start times, charter schools: New school laws starting July 1
Naples Daily News - Florida
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Over 130 new Florida laws took effect July 1, some of them impacting education across the state. Changes include relaxed school start time requirements, cellphone restrictions, and charter school expansions. New regulations address school safety,...
Revive civics education for America’s 250th
Washington Examiner
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June 30, 2025
“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.”So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s...
These are some of the new laws are taking effect in Florida on July 1
WUFT - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Florida has a series of new laws going into effect on July 1. WUFT has done a roundup of many of the new laws, which total more than 100, covering everything from Dexter’s Law on animal cruelty to the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in schools....
DeSantis signs $115.1 billion Florida budget, announces new permanent tax breaks
ABC7 - Florida
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June 30, 2025
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a $115.1 billion state budget Monday during an event at a recreation center in Wildwood, finalizing a spending plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that includes new and permanent tax breaks.According to the...
California, Texas are home to America's least-educated cities: See the 2025 list
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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FILE-Multiple groups of college students sit together at tables in the Milton S Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by JHU Sheridan Libraries/Gado/Getty Images). A college degree has many benefits, like the chance at a higher...