TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas is warning teachers and school staff that their social media posts could cost them their jobs or even their teaching certificates.

What we know:

In a memo sent Thursday, Kamoutsas condemned what he described as "despicable comments" made online by some Florida educators that appeared to celebrate the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed Wednesday.

Kamoutsas wrote that he will investigate any educator who engages in this "vile, sanctionable behavior" and reminded superintendents that Florida law allows him to discipline or revoke an educator’s certificate for conduct deemed unprofessional.

"An educator’s personal views that are made public may undermine the trust of the students an

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