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There’s a lot to consider beyond the bus with EV. TEAM Matthews and Thomas Built Buses can aid with grant applications, infrastructure consulting, and onsite driver/tech training. Working with the local utility companies and in-house facilities management teams to design and set up infrastructure and charging stations has proven to be the biggest challenge for Florida school districts. Selecting the right bus is easy. 

Free expression organization PEN America, alongside publisher Penguin Random House, authors, and parents of children affected by the book bans carried out by Florida’s Escambia County School District and School Board, filed suit this past Wednesday in federal court asking for books to be returned to school library shelves where they belong. (NPR)

It seems more than ever today, students can't seem to become unglued from their mobile phones. So this year, schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and others banned the devices in class to curb student obsession, learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health worries. (The Washington Post)

Florida is among multiple states across the nation which will soon receive federal dollars to hire and train mental health professionals for public schools. (WUSF)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation earlier this month that would ban the use of TikTok and other Chinese apps on school and government servers. (Tampa Bay Times)

A proposed change to federal policy on transgender students’ participation in school sports, released by the U.S. Department of Education in April, was an effort to find compromise in a debate that has grown increasingly polarized and politically charged. But based on the more than 134,000 comments recevied by this month's deadline, compromise may remain a pipe dream. And some experts say the proposed Title IX rule leaves school districts in legal no man’s land as issue winds its way through the courts.
(The 74)

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education released a Dear Colleague Letter calling on colleges, universities, and school districts to work together to use Federal Work Study (FWS) or other resources to increase the number of college students supporting school-aged children and youth in the nation’s K-12 schools and out-of-school time programs. (U.S. Department of Education)