DISTRICT BUDGETS The 2nd Calculation of the 2025-2016 FEFP has been released by the Florida Department of Education. This calculation includes the certified millage rates and related information necessary for your district budget discussions. This information has been delivered to your district and we have also posted it on the FSBA website on our 2015…
Because of the unusual schedule of the regular 2015 Legislative Session and the subsequent special session to craft a state budget, FSBA revised how we conduct our popular Legislative Session Review Workshops. In place of some of our usual on-site workshops, we have offered a series of webinars to provide this information. Last month, we conducted…
This morning, Governor Scott signed the state budget after vetoing more than $461 million in spending – reportedly a record amount in total vetoes. The Governor’s lengthy veto message began with an overview of the state budget highlights, followed by a description and rationale for each item vetoed. Governor Scott DID not veto any funding…
The Legislature is on track to approve the state budget this evening, bringing to a conclusion a long, and sometimes quarrelsome, legislative season. During the regular and special session, we did your best to keep you informed of the legislature’s progress in crafting the budget and to provide you with more specific information on the status of…
The Budget Conference Committee has completed its work and has delivered its Conference Committee Report on SB 2500-A (aka the state budget). FSBA has begun working on our summary and highlights of the education budget and we will make these documents available to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have posted the full FEFP…
Legislative leaders have stated that they will finalize negotiations on the remaining differences between the House and Senate budget proposals tonight and tomorrow and expect to be able to produce the final state budget – which will be called the Conference Committee Report on SB 2500 — sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening. When the budget…
We have held off on reporting on the progress of the Education Budget Conference Committee because the first exchange of offers between the Conference Committee members produce significant swings in funding and policy that are not really indicative of the final result and, instead, can cause confusion. However, the chambers have now progressed in the…
The legislature has made some progress in moving forward with the task of crafting the state budget. On Thursday, the House amended the Senates main appropriations bills by stripping out the Senate language and replacing it with the House version of each bill. The House version of each of these bills was then Laid on…
U.S. CENSUS REPORT ON EDUCATION SPENDING The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual report on Education Spending. The Report provides comprehensive national and state-by-state data and statistics on a variety of education funding issues. School board members and others may find this information useful in their advocacy efforts, particularly as the Legislature is working…
TODAY’S HAPPENINGS In the House Finance & Tax Committee: The committee considered Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) FTC1 that provides a tax cut package valued at approximately $435 million. The bill was filed as HB 33-A. In the Senate Appropriations Committee: The Committee amended and passed SB 2-A — Health Insurance Affordability Exchange which offers premium…