Duval County Public Schools

About 3,200 high school students commented on ThoughtExchange, a digital platform provided by the school district.

In the end, the board took no action on a resolution to modify the district's LGBTQ Support Guide. Legal staff is studying whether the guide conflicts with Florida's new Parental Rights in Education law.

Duval and other districts are looking for backup plans after the Florida Department of Education rejected more than 50 math textbooks.

In a 14-5 vote, the Jacksonville City Council voted to allow the 1-mill tax to appear on ballots in August.

The City Council is supposed to have a procedural role to put the tax on the ballot. Several committee members voted no anyway.

Atlantic Coast High School may be the first in Florida to offer a gender-neutral option, called the prom sovereign. It's an attempt to include students don't feel they fall into the traditional "male" or "female" categories.

Bidders include CSX Transportation Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc., The Related Group, Ryan Cos. of Minneapolis and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority.

The district says it's recruiting teachers out of state, holding local job fairs and providing extra training to get under-qualified applicants up to speed, but progress is slow.

A coalition of local parent teacher associations says the dress code is subjective and biased, using vague descriptions like "distracting" and "form-fitting." They say changes would improve students' well-being.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will approve $800 million included in the state budget to raise pay for veteran and beginning teachers.