February 28, 2023 Committee weeks have officially come to an end and things are very busy in Tallahassee. Below you will find some helpful resources for you to use to follow the legislative process as we move into legislative session next week. In addition, we have provided a few bills below to highlight which have…
Click Here to Watch the Replay In this webinar, we will provide you with a deeper understanding of the bills that passed and their implications, as well as a breakdown of the 2022-2023 budget as passed. Presented by: Dr. Danielle Thomas (FSBA) Dr. Kim McDougal (GrayRobinson, P.A.) Wendy Dodge (FELL) Colin Kirkland (FELL)
Our Legislative Team at GrayRobinson has put together a budget summary for the fiscal year 2022-2023. This side-by-side comparison to the current fiscal year’s budget provides detailed information on the budget as it passed the legislature on March 14, 2022. You can find the budget summary HERE. A special thanks to Kim McDougal and Carlecia…
Significant financial gains can be seen in FSBA’s five legislative platform priority areas: mental health, accountability and assessments, funding, workforce education, and teacher retention. Learn more here.
We have concluded week 9, the final full week of the 2022 Legislative Session. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we were tracking are listed on the report in numerical order. A few of the bills to highlight: SB 1048 Student…
We are in the home stretch of Legislative Session. Budget conferencing is ongoing and we continue to wait to see what the final PreK-12 Education portion of the budget will be. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we are tracking are…
We have completed week 7 of the 9 week Legislative Session. We are still awaiting the start to budget conferencing in which the House and Senate will come together to negotiate the differences in the two budgets. Remember the only constitutional requirement of the legislature during legislative session is to pass the same balanced budget…
We have completed week 6 of the 9 week Legislative Session. This week, both the House and Senate passed their budget proposals out of their individual chambers. Our team at GrayRobinson has put together a great side by side comparison of the Education budgets from each chamber which you can find HERE. The budget now…
We have hit the halfway point of the 2022 Legislative Session! This means things are moving very quickly and there will be more focus on the budget process. This week, both the House and Senate are scheduled to debate and pass their budget proposals out of their individual chambers. From here, the budget moves into…
It was wonderful to see so many of you in Tallahassee last week for FSBA Day in the Legislature! Thank you for being such wonderful advocates for our students especially during Children’s Week in the Florida Capitol! This was also the week that the first proposed education budgets were announced in the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee…