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

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…

FSBA Daily Updates: Legislative Session 03-02-2016

TODAY’S HAPPENINGS In the Senate Session: Bills on 3rd Reading: HB 719 – Education Personnel by Spano – READ 3RD TIME; PASSED THE SENATE; PASSED THE LEGISLATURE Authorizing certain information to be used for educator certification discipline and review; authorizing certain employees or agents of the Department of Education to have access to certain reports and records; authorizing rather…

Miami-Dade superintendent: Coding and foreign language are not interchangeable

The top administrator of Florida’s largest school district — and the fourth largest school district in the country — remains opposed to a legislative proposal that would let high school students count computer coding as a foreign language. Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalhosaid again Tuesday that lawmakers should not equate the two, and he said he fears…

FSBA Daily Updates: Legislative Session 02-29-2016

Ladies and Gentlemen: FSBA WEEKLY VIDEO UPDATE FSBA Video Update #7 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-7/.  This Video Update features FSBA Executive…