Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Anonymized Threat Response Guidance: A Toolkit for K-12 Schools, a new resource to help kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools and their law enforcement and community partners create tailored approaches to addressing anonymous threats of violence, including those received on social media. The toolkit outlines…
Two Florida legislators have been selected as The Florida School Boards Association’s Legislators of the Year for 2024. The association is set to honor Representative Alex Rizo (R-112) and Senator Shevrin Jones (D-34). “We are proud to recognize Senator Jones and Representative Rizo for their constant efforts to ensure every student in Florida receives a…
The 2024 Session Summary is complete. Bills that have been signed to this point are noted. There are still many that have yet to be sent to the Governor or are awaiting his signature. A special thank you to the members of FELL who contributed to the bill summaries. View 2024 Session Summary
We have finished sine die! The 2024 Legislative Session was officially complete as of 2:25 pm on Friday, 3/8/2024. Both chambers passed the budget off their respective floors after some final back and forth with a few final pieces of policy. Below is the final bill tracker and update. GrayRobinson will put together the final…
Happy last week of session! The end appears near. Budget conferencing began last week and the remaining issues have been bumped up to the chairs of the full Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate. We are anticipating a final budget to be on the desk sometime on Tuesday. That will start the clock for…
We are in the home stretch of the Legislative session as there are only 11 days left for an on-time sine die. We are still waiting for the start of budget conferencing as each chamber continues to work through their policy priorities. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All of the…
SchoolSafety.gov released a new cybersecurity infographic that highlights information on the K-12 cyber threat landscape and strategies and resources school personnel can use to prevent and protect against cyberattacks and digital threats. Learn more below and download and share this new resource with others in the K-12 community. Cyberattacks on K-12 schools and school districts…
Happy President’s Day! While it is a quiet day in the Legislature today, week 6 was another busy one. We continue to wait for the start of budget conferencing as each chamber continues to work through their policy priorities. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All of the bills we…
Last week we hit the halfway point of the legislative session and saw both chambers pass their respective budgets off their chamber floors and put them in the proper posture for budget conferencing. We don’t expect budget conferencing to begin for a couple of weeks as each chamber continues to work through their policy priorities.…
We are coming up on the halfway point of the legislative session and this week each chamber will pass their respective budgets off of their chamber floor. It will still be several weeks before we anticipate budget conferencing starting and will let you know as soon as that is noticed. Our team at GrayRobinson is…