The law, which will take effect July 1, won't impact Brevard because of the district's policy forbidding corporal punishment.

TALLAHASSEE — A measure requiring girls under age 18 to get consent from a parent or a judge before having an abortion came under sharp attack Wednesday from Senate Democrats, who failed in repeated ...

TALLAHASSEE – The stark divide over abortion rights played out Tuesday before a Florida Senate committee, which approved a measure requiring parental consent before a minor terminates a pregnancy.

TALLAHASSEE – The stark divide over abortion rights played out Tuesday before a Florida Senate committee, which approved a measure requiring parental consent before a minor terminates a pregnancy. A ...

Florida currently has a parental notice law approved by voters in 2004 that also gives a minor the right to appear before a judge to avoid telling a parent. But increasing that standard to consent is ...

Officials at Brevard Public Schools discussed whether or not students could be punished for calling themselves by chosen ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday spoke at the Florida Parent Educators Association’s Annual Homeschool Convention in Gaylord Palms. DeSantis spoke highly of school choice in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appeals court ruled last week that a state law that allows minors to get an abortion without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of ...

Parental consent — often required in writing — is a legal safeguard that gives parents the right to approve or deny their child’s participation in […]Parental consent: What parents need to ...