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Florida Becomes First State to Adopt Heritage’s Phoenix Declaration for K-12 Education

Officials say the resolution is a nonbinding guide to future policy.

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A student who misses 10% of the days in a school year -- enough to be considered chronically absent -- will lose opportunities for counseling and will have an increased risk of educational issues.

Overview

  • The State Board of Education voted unanimously on Nov. 13 to endorse the Heritage Foundation’s Phoenix Declaration as a guiding resolution.
  • Florida is the first state to formally adopt the statement, which outlines seven principles including parental choice, transparency, truth and goodness, cultural transmission, character formation, academic excellence, and citizenship.
  • The Department of Education emphasized the declaration is not a rule or law and carries no enforcement power.
  • Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas and Board Chair Ryan Petty described the move as a unifying vision for civic and academic formation.
  • Critics, including the Florida Education Association and public commenters, said the measure advances a partisan agenda linked to Project 2025 and risks politicizing classrooms.