Florida Education Dept. approves two-thirds of social studies materials, demands changes on rejected texts
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The Florida Department of Education announced approval for 66 out of 101 sets of instructional material for public schools, noting corrections are necessary for others.
The Florida Department of Education approved 66 sets of materials out of 101 submissions, or approximately 65.4%. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
"When submitted materials were initially reviewed upon submission, only 19 of 101 (19%) materials were initially approvable due to inaccurate material, errors and other information that was not aligned with Florida Law," the Florida Department of Education wrote in a press release.
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