TALLAHASSEE – Sarasota County School Board member Caroline Zucker has been elected president of the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA), the statewide organization representing school boards across the state. Zucker joins three other board members who were elected to FSBA offices during the association’s recent conference in Tampa. They include: Tim Harris, Polk County, president-elect;…
As the U.S. Senate braces for debate on a bipartisan reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—which could get underway as early as Thursday—we thought it would be a good idea to freshen up on what’s in the bill. The compromise bill, which was brokered by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., and…
TALLAHASSEE | Florida’s contentious and messy budget stalemate that divided the state’s Republicans and threatened to force the shutdown of state government is finally over. With just days left, the Florida Legislature has reached a deal on a nearly $79 billion budget. The final budget was delivered to legislators late Tuesday afternoon. The budget has…
The Budget Conference Committee has completed its work and has delivered its Conference Committee Report on SB 2500-A (aka the state budget). FSBA has begun working on our summary and highlights of the education budget and we will make these documents available to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have posted the full FEFP…