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Volusia board reverses 2019 ban, approves esports participation in state league
Summary
The school board voted unanimously to allow student esports teams to participate in the state league and to integrate esports into district Career and Technical Education (CTE) offerings, with staff describing safeguards, teacher supervision and links to CTE curricula.
The Volusia County School Board on July 29 voted unanimously to permit district schools to participate in the state esports league, reversing a board decision from 2019 that had disallowed esports.
District technology and CTE staff described esports as a supervised, competitive activity that supports teamwork, strategic thinking and digital skills and that can connect to existing CTE game‑design and simulation programs. Staff said the state league has matured since 2019, that many Florida districts now participate, and that the Financial…
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