LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – BUDGET Our team at GrayRobinson has once again put together a side-by-side comparison of the House and Senate proposed K-12 Education Budgets. These proposed budgets were presented in each chamber’s full budget/appropriations committees yesterday. We expect these proposals to pass their respective chamber floors next week. We will then await notification of…
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March 31, 2025 We have completed week 4 of the 9 weeks of the Florida Legislative Session. This past week saw the House Pre-K – 12 Budget Subcommittee and Senate Pre-K – 12 Appropriations Committee release their proposed budgets. You may find the proposed implementing bills SB 7030 and SB 2510 as well as HB 5101 and…
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Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All of the bills we are tracking are listed on the report in numerical order. Bills that align to our platform are highlighted in yellow. A few of the bills to highlight: HB 261 Middle School High School Start Times by Rep…
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March 17, 2025 We have completed week 2 of the 9 weeks of the Florida Legislative Session. This past week saw some bills continue to move while some bills were heard in their first committee stop. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker.All of the bills we are tracking…
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March 10, 2025 Welcome to the 2025 session! The legislative session began on Tuesday, March 4 and is scheduled to continue until Friday, May 2. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All of the bills we are tracking are listed on the report in numerical order. Bills that align…
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Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Anonymized Threat Response Guidance: A Toolkit for K-12 Schools, a new resource to help kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools and their law enforcement and community partners create tailored approaches to addressing anonymous threats of violence, including those received on social media. The toolkit outlines…
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Two Florida legislators have been selected as The Florida School Boards Association’s Legislators of the Year for 2024. The association is set to honor Representative Alex Rizo (R-112) and Senator Shevrin Jones (D-34). “We are proud to recognize Senator Jones and Representative Rizo for their constant efforts to ensure every student in Florida receives a…
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The 2024 Session Summary is complete. Bills that have been signed to this point are noted. There are still many that have yet to be sent to the Governor or are awaiting his signature. A special thank you to the members of FELL who contributed to the bill summaries. View 2024 Session Summary
We have finished sine die! The 2024 Legislative Session was officially complete as of 2:25 pm on Friday, 3/8/2024. Both chambers passed the budget off their respective floors after some final back and forth with a few final pieces of policy. Below is the final bill tracker and update. GrayRobinson will put together the final…
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Happy last week of session! The end appears near. Budget conferencing began last week and the remaining issues have been bumped up to the chairs of the full Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate. We are anticipating a final budget to be on the desk sometime on Tuesday. That will start the clock for…
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