Doron Shalev, PhD

02/26/2026

I’m horrible at small talk, probably part of why I’m rather socially awkward. Good thing I don’t have to do much talking to channel Hashem’s Healing Grace! 💛

02/25/2026

Our previous post highlighted why Ms. Calhoun could not have violated Florida law.

Now we will look at the Florida Board of Education Code (regulation) she was also accused of violating.

On July 1, 2023, Florida Statute 1000.071 PERSONAL TITLES AND PRONOUNS became law. It states, in relevant part, the following:
(5) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to administer this section.

In response to this statute, the Florida State Board of Education modified Florida Administrative Code 6A-1.0955 - Education Records - to include the following in Section 8 of the Code:

“Each school board must adopt a policy for educational records which must include: (m) Provisions for parents to specify the use of any deviation from their child's legal name in school. School districts will develop a form to obtain parental consent along with any required documentation, as appropriate.”

You can read the full code here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-6A-1-0955.

As is plainly obvious, the BOE Code places requirements upon the SCHOOL DISTRICT…and NOT the TEACHER. As a matter of fact, ALL of Code 6A-1.0955 places requirements upon the Brevard School District, and not teachers.

In response to the updated Code, BPS created a database to keep track of those parents who had consented to the use of a name for their child other than their legal name.

This is why the Florida DOE's Education Practices Commission, made up of community volunteers, agreed upon a settlement with Ms. Calhoun that did NOT remove Ms. Calhoun’s Florida Teaching Certification. The settlement did include a written Letter of Reprimand, along with a year of probation and a fee of $750 to be paid to the FLDOE committee. The Letter of Reprimand was rescinded by an arbitrator judge last week.

There have been loud and erroneous voices, including the Brevard School Board and Superintendent Rendell, claiming that Ms. Calhoun violated Florida Law – she did not.

Those same voices have claimed that Ms. Calhoun also broke Florida BOE Administrative Code, which we have shown is literally impossible.

The bottom line: Ms. Calhoun did not violate Florida Statute OR Florida Administrative Code...and for the Brevard School Board and Superintendent Rendell to claim otherwise is blatantly unethical.

In the next post, we’ll examine the claim by the Brevard School Board and Superintendent Rendell that Ms. Calhoun violated BPS policy.

Stay informed. Stay tuned.

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