Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez Announces Prizes for Winners of the Spring 2022 Florida Space Art Contest for K-5 Students, Contest Extended to May 2nd. Ten total winners will be selected, five from the K-2 and 3-5 categories. Each winner selected, and his or her teacher will win two tickets to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor…
Two Florida legislators have been selected as The Florida School Boards Association’s Legislators of the Year for 2022. The association is set to honor Senator Doug Broxson (R-1) and Representative Christine Hunschofsky (D-96) “We are proud to recognize Senator Broxson and Representative Hunschofsky for their steadfast efforts to ensure that every student in Florida receives…
The Florida Chamber and Florida Chamber Foundation Launch Future of Work Florida Initiative to Connect Florida Businesses With Talent Solutions The Florida Chamber Foundation recently surveyed Florida’s job creators for the Florida Workforce Needs Study 2.0 and discovered that nearly 72% have experienced difficulty in finding qualified talent for open positions over the past year.…
On March 15, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, providing funding for the activities of the federal government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and securing historic support for the Ukrainian people (White House fact sheet and Secretary Cardona’s statement). In the $1.5 trillion omnibus funding agreement is $76.4 billion in discretionary…
Our Legislative Team at GrayRobinson has put together a budget summary for the fiscal year 2022-2023. This side-by-side comparison to the current fiscal year’s budget provides detailed information on the budget as it passed the legislature on March 14, 2022. You can find the budget summary HERE. A special thanks to Kim McDougal and Carlecia…
Significant financial gains can be seen in FSBA’s five legislative platform priority areas: mental health, accountability and assessments, funding, workforce education, and teacher retention. Learn more here.
We have concluded week 9, the final full week of the 2022 Legislative Session. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we were tracking are listed on the report in numerical order. A few of the bills to highlight: SB 1048 Student…
We are in the home stretch of Legislative Session. Budget conferencing is ongoing and we continue to wait to see what the final PreK-12 Education portion of the budget will be. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we are tracking are…
SCHOOL FINANCE 2.0 April 28-29, 2022 | Thursday 8:30 – 5:00 | Friday 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL Want to learn more? Visit our tentative agenda here. School Finance 2.0 digs deeper into the financing of school programs. Topics such as instructional unit placements, performance-based pay and a more…
We have completed week 7 of the 9 week Legislative Session. We are still awaiting the start to budget conferencing in which the House and Senate will come together to negotiate the differences in the two budgets. Remember the only constitutional requirement of the legislature during legislative session is to pass the same balanced budget…