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…
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…