Florida Department of Education
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Oct 19, 2026
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
So school choice is good.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
You know, the Florida Department of Education.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
Yes, I'll be a school board member, but I'm going to look at that organization hard because look at this.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
They're over all of us and just basically look around.
5 MINS LATER
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
I mean, I don't like it.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
To me, it's deception.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
It comes from the Florida Department of Education.
Jerry BuckmanGUEST
In order to get an A rating for a school district, a district needs to have 64% or higher.
Terry StoopsGUEST
So really hats off to the Trump administration for doing that.
Terry StoopsGUEST
And I worked at the Florida Department of Education and as well as the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Terry StoopsGUEST
And so I have seen Two states that have gladly made sure that there was no gender ideology, no DEI, in order to receive those federal grants under the Trump administration.
Terry StoopsGUEST
It worked like a charm.
Steve StewartGUEST
You just say, "All right.
Steve StewartGUEST
Look, I can't, I can't decipher what we're being told at these meetings." So go to Florida Department of Education and look at the audited financial statements, okay, that are independently done.
Steve StewartGUEST
We ran an operational deficit last year, not '25, '26, '24, '25, of $23 million.
Steve StewartGUEST
Okay? That means we d- we, we provided services, expenses, $23 m- 23 million more than we had money.
AnthonyHOST
Starting in Florida, where the State Department of Education is pushing for school districts to review their collections for objectionable materials.
AnthonyHOST
A memo from the Florida Department of Education has been sent out to district superintendents and charter school leaders reminding them that school boards are responsible for materials that are available to students.
AnthonyHOST
The memo lays out a ninety-day plan for districts to review their collections and procedures.
AnthonyHOST
Florida's Department of Education says the goal is to make sure students do not have access to material that violates Florida law or is inappropriate for their age.
AnthonyHOST
The release of the memo aligns with an annual report that found six hundred titles removed from schools across the state of Florida.
AnthonyHOST
The Department of Education clarifies that the inclusion of this list is not to suggest a statewide ban.
AnthonyHOST
However, the timing of both these releases for the Florida Department of Education strongly suggests coercion on the part of the state, as if to say that these titles are the ones deemed inappropriate.
AnthonyHOST
Now, you as a school district have to review entire library collections.
Nadine SmithHOST
Yeah.
Nadine SmithHOST
The Florida Department of Education has a roster of books that were banned that folks can look up at fldle.org. And then there are some books that were banned and then people fought to get those books back.
Nadine SmithHOST
I think WUSF did a story on over 600 titles that were either removed or permanently or we're restricted.
Nadine SmithHOST
And I think, because I really want to focus on this balance that you were talking about, because I think you're taking time to say you're not for book banning.
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Nadine SmithHOST
Well, this is, you know, again, this is because Florida has become such an epicenter for this conversation.
Nadine SmithHOST
And for folks who want to look up books that have been challenged, removed, banned, PEN America has a roster of them.
Nadine SmithHOST
The Florida Department of Education keeps a roster.
Nadine SmithHOST
And And you can see some have been returned because communities in uproar have insisted on their return.
Ryan GormanHOST
And there was also some issue with Santa Rosa County Schools.
Ryan GormanHOST
Uh, you had the superintendent announcing the schools were gonna reopen today, saying the district had been directed to do so by the governor and the Florida Department of Education.
Ryan GormanHOST
Um, the governor kind of pushed back on that a little bit but said they're kinda dragging their feet reopening the schools.
Ryan GormanHOST
They're not gonna reopen them, uh, until, until Friday, I guess, or through Friday.
Casey MeehanGUEST
Um, and that's exactly the right energy to kind of keep up.
Casey MeehanGUEST
Um, even after, you know, as we were putting forth our report on the state of book bans across the country, um, the Florida Department of Education lost their own, you know, uh, released their own list of titles-
Matthew PeddieHOST
Mm
Casey MeehanGUEST
... that had been banned across districts in the state.
Kimberly RicheyGUEST
Right.
Jonathan SaenzHOST
And in between that, she served in a leg- leadership position for, uh, Governor DeSantis, um, where she was the Senior Chancellor of the Florida Department of Education.
Jonathan SaenzHOST
She holds a law degree and a license... excuse me, a law license.
Jonathan SaenzHOST
She's a certified attorney for Oklahoma and Texas.
Natalie LaRoche-PietriCORRESPONDENT
Florida Commissioner of Education Henry Mack and others who support the ban say state tax dollars should prioritize legal U.S. residents and citizens.
Natalie LaRoche-PietriCORRESPONDENT
The Florida Department of Education declined WLRN's request to interview Mack.
Natalie LaRoche-PietriCORRESPONDENT
ICE did not respond to requests for comment.
Natalie LaRoche-PietriCORRESPONDENT
Being detained by ICE was beyond life-changing for Vallejos.
Carlton GillespieHOST
From fossil fuels to climate change, a term missing from Florida's newly proposed K through 12 science standards.
Carlton GillespieHOST
After nearly 20 years, the Florida Department of Education is making changes to its standards, but first, the state is asking for public input.
Carlton GillespieHOST
As Central Florida Public Media's education reporter, Kayla Kissel, tells us, at a statewide virtual listening session, one word came up again and again.
Carlton GillespieHOST
Evolution.
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