FSBA Session Spotlight — June 7, 2017

As had been requested by FSBA and other education groups, Governor Scott vetoed the FEFP portion of the state budget and called on legislators to increase total FEFP funding per student by $100 over the current year (2016-2017) level.   Florida’s Legislature convened in Special Session 2017-A on Wednesday to address this K-12 funding issue as…

Miami-Dade Republican: I’m ‘not comfortable’ with more K-12 funding without changing HB 7069

Hialeah Republican Sen. René García told Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, in a letter today that he’s “not comfortable supporting any compromise” on increasing K-12 funding for 2017-18 that does not also address a controversial education policy bill that awaits Gov. Rick Scott‘s approval.  García was one of three Senate Republicans to vote against HB 7069…