Following the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk , Florida’s top education official warned teachers that anyone who posted “disgusting comments” about Kirk would be reprimanded.

Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas wrote in a letter to school superintendents Thursday that some online posts made by teachers had been brought to his attention, but he did not provide specifics about what the posts said or who wrote them.

The commissioner promised to investigate any teacher who engaged in “this vile, sanctionable behavior.” Florida law gives Kamoutsas authority to sanction educators’ teaching certificates.

He said that while educators have First Amendment rights, they also have professional duties as teachers and publicly sharing their personal views could “undermine

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