Overview

• Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas told superintendents he will investigate every Florida educator who celebrated Kirk’s killing, calling the conduct vile and sanctionable.
• His memo references Rule 6A-10.081 of the Florida Administrative Code and sections 1012.796 and 1012.795 of state law, which permit probable-cause findings and certificate discipline.
• Lee County said it is reviewing flagged employee posts with its Human Resources Department and will coordinate with the state, and four Osceola County teachers are under investigation.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned educators who praised the assassination and endorsed the commissioner’s accountability effort.
• Separately, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is jailed without bail on an aggravated murder charge in Kirk’s slaying at Utah Valley University, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.