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Florida Today1mon
District says law forced Brevard teacher’s job loss: What does statute say?
District cites Florida statute in teacher non-renewal ... students were required to get parental consent via a signed form if they wanted to go by any alternative to their legal name, whether ...
USA Today1mon
Florida high school teacher to lose job after calling student by preferred name: What we know
Satellite High School is in Satellite Beach, Florida, near Cape Canaveral and about an hour east of Orlando. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators to get ...
New York Post1mon
Florida teacher is first known to be fired for using student’s preferred name without parents’ consent
A Florida high school teacher lost her job after using a student’s preferred name without their parents’ consent — the first ... without getting a signed form from their parents, according ...
People1mon
First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student's Preferred Name Without Parental Consent
Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s "Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form" law Google Maps A Florida ...
Florida Today1mon
Brevard teacher first to lose job over Florida law requiring parent sign-off on preferred name
The 2023 rule says Florida districts must develop a form for parents to sign indicating whether or not they consent to the use of an alternative name for their child. The "Parental Authroization ...
Tampa Bay Times1y
Florida laws on parent permission have some schools jittery, confused
One Miami school distributed a form requesting parental consent for students to take part ... his presentation on the Civil Rights Movement in Florida to U.S. history students and seventh-grade ...
ABC Action News1y
Parents must sign consent form for students to be called by nickname in Florida schools
which now requires written parental consent for using student names other than their legal names. Polk County Public Schools and districts across Florida have created a form for parents to fill ...
WESH1y
Students must get parent permission to be called by nickname in some Central Florida schools
THIS SCHOOL YEAR WILL START SEVERAL NEW RULES AND GUIDELINES CENTRAL FLORIDA PARENTS WILL BE ... SEMINOLE COUNTY PARENTS GOT A FORM IN A MORNING EMAIL. THE ONLY WAY TEACHERS CAN USE ANY NAME ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal1y
Do students need permission to use their nickname in class? Florida will now require parents consent first
If your child prefers going by a nickname, get ready to be greeted by a new form this school year. Florida students ... the legal name will need the parent's consent,” Katherine Crnkovich ...
Miami Herald2y
Will a Florida library have to label books with sexual and gender content? What to know
County leaders on Florida’s Gulf Coast have taken the first steps to require their public library system to label books for LGBTQ+ and sexual content, as well as require a parental consent form ...
NPR2y
Can a teen be too immature to choose abortion? This court case shows the complexities
Nearly every state requires some form of ... degrees (Florida is one of just six states that require parents to be notified of their child's intent as well as their consent to the procedure ...
Courthouse News Service5y
Parental Consent for Abortion Bill Sails Through Florida Senate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CN) – The Florida Senate passed a controversial abortion bill on Thursday requiring minors to obtain parental consent before undergoing the procedure. The Florida House is expected ...