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David James

‘Cruel for the sake of being cruel’: Florida ends certificates of school completion for disabled kids, parents horrified

You know that animated gif of Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida and letting it float into the ocean? I’m starting to think we need to make that a reality. This week, we already saw the despicable destruction of the memorial to the Pulse nightclub massacre victims, with the state painting over it at night and going on to mock the dead.

Now, in what feels like a regression to something out of the 19th century, the Florida Board of Education has made the mystifyingly cruel decision to end certificates of completion for students with disabilities who attend K-12 schools.

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