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Zorro

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Sun Dec 15, 2024, 10:28 AM Dec 15

Florida to spend up to $15 million on school material review technology for DeSantis laws

To support some of Gov. Ron DeSantis' most prominent and controversial K-12 education laws, Florida has agreed to spend millions of dollars on a service it says is a tool for transparency.

But free expression advocates warn it could be a vehicle for censorship.

In a contract signed this September, the Florida Department of Education agreed to pay up to $15.6 million over four years to Maryland-based education technology company Trinity Education Group.

The company has been tapped to develop a “statewide, centralized, easily accessible” system for people to review and even object to instructional materials and library books in Florida school districts.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/12/florida-to-pay-up-to-15-million-for-desantis-parental-rights-laws/76860185007/

Any company named "Trinity Education Group" obviously has no biased agenda...

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