Judge recommends back pay for Florida teacher suspended over Charlie Kirk post

Published August 21, 2026 11:45am ET



A judge recommended that a Florida teacher suspended for a post celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination receive back pay, in the latest case of drawback from the crackdown on violent rhetoric following the conservative activist’s killing.

Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Andrew Manko went beyond reversing Three Oaks Middle School teacher Mariah Roller’s suspension, ruling that she should receive back pay for the time she was suspended.

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