U.S. Department of Education Announces 161 Students to be Honored as 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars – 3 are from Florida. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. Read More Congratulations…
We are SINE DIE! The Legislature ended sine die as of 11:00 AM Friday morning. This ends the 2023 regular session. According to LobbyTools, 1,873 bills and PCBs were filed, 2,674 amendments were filed, 3,229 votes were taken, and 356 bills passed both chambers. We will begin working on the Session Summary shortly including a…
The budget chairs are making great progress on the budget. Much of the PreK-12 budget has been decided and closed out. This includes a compromise on a blended FEFP meaning some of the catagoricals will be collapsed into the Base Student Allocation (seen in the House proposal) but not all of them that were in…