A day after the Florida education commissioner used a Clay County teacher as an example of educators who will be fully investigated for social media comments that “encourage violence,” the district confirmed to News4JAX that it is “fully cooperating” with the state’s probe.

The Ridgeview Elementary School teacher came under scrutiny shortly after right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting on Sept. 10 over a social media post that referenced Kirk’s death, the district said.

The post in question included a link to a story from the St. Augustine Record saying that Kirk had been killed in a shooting at a college campus event in Utah and included the caption (which was left unedited by News4JAX): “This may not be the obituary. We were all hoping to wake up to, but this is a c

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