It’s about time that Florida shed itself from worthless high school “completion” documentation called the “Certificate of Completion”. As of July 1, 2025, this document no longer exists, according to ...

Earlier this week, the Florida Department of Education approved House Bill 1105. Among other things in education, it will ...

The Florida Board of Education voted to sunset the certificates for students with disabilities who can't complete the ...

“These certificates of completion really do nothing,” said Hillsborough County School Board Chair Karen Perez in a one-on-one interview with 10 Investigates.

The certificate, it’s a certificate, but it doesn’t open as many doors.” A General Educational Development, or GED, diploma is regarded as an equivalent of a high school diploma.

But these certificates of completion really do nothing,” Perez said. 10 Investigates first reported in May where more than 6,600 students received certificates of completion for the 2022-2023 ...