FSBA Session Spotlight — November 6, 2017

The Legislature will hold a third round of Interim Committee Meetings this week. Please click on the file below to access the schedule and more information on the education-related meetings, bills, and presentations that will be considered.  In addition, please click on the links below for our updates on the Constitution Revision Commission Committee meetings that…

Collier School Board’s Donalds proposes term limits, ending board salaries

Collier County School Board member Erika Donalds thinks she is paid too much.  Donalds, a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, proposed a constitutional amendment that would eliminate salaries for school board members in Florida.  Commissioners will vote in the spring to decide which proposals will be placed on the 2018 ballot. Twenty-two of…

Dozens of changes proposed for state constitution

From banning the death penalty to creating an elected secretary of state, members of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission have filed more than five-dozen proposals to change the state Constitution.  The 37 members of the commission, which meets every 20 years and has the power to place amendments directly on the November 2018 ballot, had…

FSBA Session Spotlight — October 9-13, 2017

This issue of the FSBA Session Spotlight provides information and updates on a variety of issues including hurricane preparedness and response, Legislative Interim Committee Meetings,  legislative special elections and changes to key legislative committees and subcommittees, state budget development, the ongoing work by the Constitution Revision Commission, and federal issues. [toggle title=”Hurricane Preparedness and Response Resources“]…

VIDEO: Week 8 FSBA Legislative Update

Tallahassee, FL – Week 8 of Florida’s Legislative Session is coming to an end, and will be heading into a weekend of Budget Conference Committee Meetings. Watch this FSBA Legislative Weekly Update for highlights. Be sure visit the FSBA Session Spotlight Blog and 2017 Legislative Session page for in-depth summaries, resources, and analyses.

Newly crowned political stars likely to give charter schools big lift

From Washington to the state Capitol, political stars are aligning for a major drive to expand charter and voucher schools – a double-barreled push sparking fear among defenders of traditional schools.  President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Michigan school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as new education secretary is viewed as a clear signal he is serious…

Lawmakers will return to Capitol for ‘Legislator University’

A motivational speaker who worked in the White House. A mandatory seminar on sexual harassment. Breakout sessions on the death penalty, workers comp, Medicaid, the courts and the Florida retirement system.  It’s all part of two days of member training next week in the Florida House of Representatives, with code numbers assigned to each seminar,…