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Palm Beach school officials outline state bills affecting start times, safety and phones
Summary
District staff summarized key 2025 Florida bills affecting Palm Beach County schools: a school start-time waiver, clarified gate-locking requirements, a K—8 cell-phone restriction, updated standards and volunteer-screening rules, and new athlete-health requirements.
Palm Beach County School District officials briefed the Village of Royal Palm Beach Education Advisory Board on a package of 2025 state laws and clarifications that will affect local schools.
"There were 1,900 bills that were filed this legislative session," said Yolanda Morgan, chief of staff for the school district, explaining that roughly 257 bills were enrolled and that about 35 had specific district impacts. Morgan summarized several measures that the district is implementing or preparing to implement.
Morgan said the state provided a waiver to allow flexibility on school start times this year and…
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