Firefox settings in Group Ppolicy

I maintain the computers and network at our small Catholic school. We have a server with Windows Server 2008 R2 and all of our clients run Windows 7 Pro. I know I can use group policy to make sure our school's home page is the default home page when the students open Internet Explorer but is there any way that I can do that using Firefox as the default browser?
Thank you!

No boxes are checked.
Last week, I did have to use internet explorer to take an online test for a college math class. Would explore have reset my settings?
I keep getting an error message that disappears immediately. It reads that Firefox is not my default browser. However, the active bar reads: Mozilla Firefox.
When I attempt to change my Set Program Access and Defaults to something other than Internet Explorer it attempts the bar graph; but it won't complete the bar graph and progress. Instead, it disappears and when I reopen Set Program Access and Defaults it shows Internet Explorer is still my default.
And again the active bar reveals that I am supposedly connected to the internet via Firefox. If I check Tools>Options>Advanced>Check to see if Firefox is your default browser then I am shown a message that YES, Firefox is already my default browser. But intermittently, that error returns and alerts me that it is not.
Thanks for your suggestion.

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