Week 4 of Florida’s Legislative Session is coming to an end. Look for a budget briefing tomorrow after the House meetings and for updates during Friday’s call. For now, access these budget-related resources:
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Budget Recommendations (begins on pg. 133)
- Highlights:
- Total Education 22.9 B
- FEFP – $22.1 B
- maintains per FTE $7,786
- maintains BSA $4,319
- maintains current RLE millage rate at 3.270 mills
- $350M placed in reserves to accommodate students returning (exceeds current enrollment count)
- $500M for TSIA
- $100M Mental Health Assistance Allocation
- $180M Safe School Allocation
- $6.5 M Aaron Feiss Guardian Program
- $30M reduction in School of Hope
- $189M for Gardiner Scholarships
- 14.5M to Implement Intensive Reading Program Pilot (10 districts)
- FEFP – $22.1 B
