This brings the number of approved plans to 21, enabling those states to receive their portion of the more than $122 billion in the American Rescue Plan Act.
DA Leadership Institute member Rick Surrency faces one challenge that many of his fellow superintendents don't: running for re-election every four years.
Adding the layer of paperwork for families who want their students to opt-out of mask wearing marks an attempted workaround to the governor's executive order.
The Education Department outlined three "landmark priorities" for the fall, as well as tips for reaching the landmarks, resources available to schools and communities, and examples from the field.
AFT leaders and union members are going door-to-door in dozens of communities to convince students to get vaccinated and return to in-person instruction.
With COVID cases setting records in the state, Florida schools administrators risk a loss of state funding if they violate a newly enacted ban on mask mandates.