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A slate of bills aimed at reducing regulations on public schools began moving forward Wednesday, as a key Florida Senate panel signed off on changes such as eliminating testing requirements for earning high-school diplomas.

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

Miami-Dade and Broward school district students performed better on this year鈥檚 annual statewide exams compared to last year鈥檚, but only slightly more than half of the students earned a passing score of Level 3 or higher in English and math.

Center for COVID Control, which closed its Florida sites in January after receiving complaints about questionable results, is accused of deceptively marketing testing services and violating Oregon鈥檚 Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

It will be replaced with a 鈥減rogress monitoring system鈥� that would test students three times a year.

Saying the state鈥檚 system of standardized testing in public schools is 鈥渜uite frankly, outdated,鈥� Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that lawmakers will consider a proposal during the 2022 legislative session to end the Florida Standards Assessments.

TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis鈥� administration appears poised to address rising criticism over its handling of COVID-19 in group homes that take care鈥�

As he toured the state earlier this month to promote his plans to reopen Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly touted testing for COVID-19 antibodies as a鈥�

The nation's top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent days, a top Senate Republican has said the coronavirus testing the United States has done so far is "not nearly enough."

Watch this video to learn more about contact tracing, which public health figures say is critical to halting the coronavirus pandemic.

New estimates say the U.S. needs to triple its testing. But how much testing does each state need? Here's how states compare to each other, and to targets experts say they should hit.