FSBA 2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY — PART I FSBA’s Legislative Session Summary – Part I provides detailed summaries of the education related bills that were passed during the regular Session. In addition to the detailed Summary, we have conducted two Education Legislation Webinars on these bills. The first webinar focused on HB 7069 and the…
Gov. Rick Scott visited a Miami elementary school Monday to ask lawmakers to meet his request for school funding. Lawmakers return to Tallahassee today to finish the budget. The big disagreement is how to pay for health care. And that could affect how much money is left for education. Scott opposes expanding the state-run Medicaid…
It’s a law that helped give rise to the tea party, spurred a Republican takeover of Congress and has been the subject of GOP-backed legal challenges that have extended all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. President Barack Obama’s health care reforms — commonly known as Obamacare — have roiled state and national politics…
As the state Legislature prepares to convene for a special session in hopes of hashing out a health care compromise — and passing a balanced budget — school districts across the state are in a budget limbo. Districts rely on local taxes and state allocations to function. But without a finalized state budget, school financial…