FSBA Daily Update: Legislative Session 03-07-2016

2016 Daily Updates, In the News

FSBA WEEKLY VIDEO UPDATE FSBA Video Update #8 has been posted on the FSBA website at www.fsba.org – you may access the video by clicking on the link to 2016 Legislative Session Updates (located in the right hand menu on our main page) or by using this direct link: https://fsba.org/2016-legislative-weekly-video-update-8/.  This Video Update features FSBA Executive Director Andrea Messina…

Lawmakers agree on $75 million each in capital aid for traditional schools, charter schools

Budget, Charter Schools, Facilities, In the News

Florida’s 650 charter schools and 3,600 traditional public schools would each get a pot of $75 million in state funds next year to spend on construction and maintenance projects, under a budget agreement the House and Senate appropriations chairmen announced Sunday afternoon. The figure — about the same as what Republican Gov. Rick Scott had asked for — is $25 million more…