Children

Each spring, third graders in Florida's public schools are required to take a reading exam , and a failing grade could result in a student being held...

Florida’s Guardian ad Litem program is asking the legislature for funding to reimburse its volunteers, who travel hundreds of miles for the abused and...

In Florida, 16- and 17-year-olds can get married to someone of any age with the signature of a parent . If a girl is pregnant, she can get married at...

Howard Webster’s third graders had “first-day jitters” on Sept. 18. But the first day of school had been nearly a month earlier. Gateway Environmental K...

A Florida Senate committee approved a bill Monday that would streamline a state children's health insurance program, even though Congress has yet to...

A new legislative proposal could require Florida schools to distribute free or reduce-price meal applications to all students, not just those in need....

The Naples Lions Club is setting for itself an ambitious goal: eradicating lazy eye, or amblyopia, from kids across Collier County. To accomplish that…

Florida’s child welfare officials are doing a review of their system and already looking ahead legislatively on the state and national level on what can...

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor are asking the federal government to step in after thousands of kids were kicked off a...

Two Florida lawmakers are hoping to get more pro-bono attorneys to help kids with special needs for the 2018 legislative session.