(Tallahassee, FL) - Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas says he is seeking to revoke a Florida teacher's license after he found probable cause that she celebrated Charlie Kirk's death on social media.
The post read, he says, "this may not be the obituary we were all hoping to wake up to, but this is a close second for me," attached to a Charlie Kirk death article.
Kamoutsas says the First Amendment does not cover glorifying or celebrating murder and does not protect a call to violence.
He says after an investigation by the Office of Professional Practices Services in the Department of Education, the teacher faces four charges including gross immorality, failure to protect welfare of students, reduced effectiveness as an educator and failure to distinguish personal views from public education institution. As a result, he is seeking a revocation of her teaching license.
Students can also report violent extremism through a new online portal at MyFloridaLegal.com.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking students and teachers if you see something report it. "We must protect before people get shot."
He adds that teachers must be held to a higher standard and "When it comes to people celebrating a murder, teachers will be dealt with. I don't want you in a public school with my kids."