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*PRESS RELEASE* Historic Voter Turnout in Florida Demonstrates Strong Support for Public Schools

November 9, 2018 / fsbawp / Advocacy, Budget, Capital, Elections, Florida Schools, Funding, In the News, Operating, School Boards, School Governance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, November 9, 2018 CONTACT BillieAnne Gay, gay@fsba.org, 850.528.9104 Historic Voter Turnout in Florida Demonstrates Strong Support for Public Schools Tallahassee, FL – Florida experienced historic voter turnout with over 7 million Floridians casting their vote in the 2018 General Election on November 6. The 2018 election cycle has illustrated the public’s […]

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More Florida counties are voting to raise local taxes for schools. Is it a message to lawmakers?

September 17, 2018 / fsbawp / 2018 Legislative Session, Accountability, Advocacy, Budget, Capital, Elections, In the News, Legislation, Operating, School Boards, School Governance

In a video that appeared on YouTube in mid-May, the Republican-controlled Florida House of Representatives said “union bosses and their media allies” were pushing a “myth.” It wasn’t true, they said, that state funding for public schools had increased only 47 cents per student this year.  Three months later, as the new school year got […]

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Florida legislators rebuff Gov. Scott, won’t shift $58 million for school Guardians

September 15, 2018 / fsbawp / 2018 Legislative Session, Advocacy, Budget, Capital, Health & Safety, In the News, Legislation, Operating, School Boards, School Governance

Florida legislators are sticking to their guns — and splitting from Gov. Rick Scott.  More than $58 million will stay with a budding program to arm and train school employees instead of being redistributed across the state to ease the cost of paying school guards, as Scott requested. Read More

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Deal on local property tax rates helped stabilize Florida’s budget

September 14, 2018 / fsbawp / 2019 Legislative Session, Advocacy, Budget, In the News, Legislation, Operating

A leading Senate budget writer claimed vindication Friday in a lingering dispute with House leaders over whether to allow local school boards to capture all of the value of rising property values when setting local tax rates.  Rob Bradley, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Commission, underscored the point during a presentation on the state’s three-year fiscal […]

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Florida Board of Education to consider budget request with no change in tax rates

September 11, 2018 / fsbawp / 2019 Legislative Session, Advocacy, Budget, Capital, Facilities, In the News, Legislation, Operating

One phrase stands out in the guidelines Florida Board of Education members used in developing their 2019-20 legislative budget request, which comes up for adoption Friday:  “Include no change in 2018-19 millage rates, tuition or fees.” Read More

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