January 29, 2024 We have completed week 3 of the legislative session and last week we saw the House and Senate each release their initial budget proposals. While the chambers are similar in their K-12 education budget proposals, the differences amount to about $90million. However, the overall budget proposals are significantly different in other areas.…
January 22, 2024 Thank you to the many of you who traveled to Tallahassee last week to attend Day in the Legislature. We heard so many positive reports on the meetings you had with your delegation members. We hope you found the event and all the information presented beneficial. Our team at GrayRobinson is once…
January 15, 2024 The 2024 Legislative Session officially opened on Tuesday, January 9 with Joint Session and the State of the State address given by Gov. DeSantis. Legislative Session is scheduled for 60 days with the conclusion expected on Friday, March 8. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All…
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the availability of more than $368 million in new grant opportunities through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program and the Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive program that advance investments in teacher recruitment and retention. These investments particularly prioritize promoting educator diversity and career advancement and leadership opportunities for effective…
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…
Budget conferencing is kicking off today. On Saturday, the budget allocations were released and the conference committees were also announced. Joint Memo: 2023 Budget Conference Appointees, Joint Allocations and Schedule https://lobby.tools/3LkeQ2k FY 23-24 Conference Allocations https://lobby.tools/3LkrWfQ 2023 Senate Budget Conferees https://lobby.tools/41NFTbJ 2023 House Budget Conferees https://lobby.tools/3H450Pm HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at…
This week we expect budget conferencing to kick off. This means the budget allocations would be released and the conference committees would be announced. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we are tracking are listed on the report in numerical order. Bills…
We have officially hit the halfway point of the legislative session. Last week was a short week due to the Passover and Easter holidays. The House only met in floor sessions on Monday and Tuesday with the Senate holding committee meetings and floor sessions until Wednesday. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied…