Overview

• Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas directed superintendents to investigate “despicable” social posts about Kirk’s assassination, warning the conduct may violate Rule 6A-10.081.
• Governor Ron DeSantis endorsed the directive, calling celebrations of the 31-year-old activist’s killing by educators unacceptable.
• District actions accelerated: Greenville County Schools in South Carolina fired teacher Wynne Boliek, Oskaloosa, Iowa, placed art teacher Matthew Kargol on leave, and Clay County, Florida, suspended an elementary teacher.
• Additional reviews were reported in Virginia and Oklahoma, while universities and other employers also removed or investigated staff over posts about the killing.
• Law enforcement’s probe continues, with the FBI releasing images of a person of interest in the Utah shooting and requesting public assistance to identify the individual.