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…
It was another busy week in the Florida Legislature as we are seeing more bills moving through the process as they are being put on the agenda to be heard in committees. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we are tracking…
It was a busy week in the Florida Legislature as we are starting to see more bills moving through the process as they are being put on the agenda to be heard in committees. HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at GrayRobinson. All of the bills we…
Florida’s Legislative Session officially kicked off on Tuesday, January 11. This is the time in which lawmakers from both the Florida House and Senate come to Tallahassee for 60 days to file and pass legislation as well as fulfill their constitutional requirement of passing a balanced budget. Legislative Session is scheduled to conclude on Friday,…
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS For Immediate Release: June 2, 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis Signs the Florida Leads Budget NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Leads state budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. The budget totaled $101.5 billion and includes $169 million in tax relief. The Governor vetoed $1.5 billion…
FEDERAL ALERT: ESSER and GEER Funds Guidance May 26, 2021 Good Afternoon Board Members, Below and online, please find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about how funding under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, including the American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER program, and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund may be used…
The Legislature began budget conferencing this weekend, but there was little to no action on the K12 budget front. Meetings were authorized to begin as early as 10am Saturday, but K12 conferees did not meet until Sunday at 1:30p.m. If K12 conferees do not close out issues by close of business today, the budget issues…
Today, the Florida Department of Education submitted the federal waiver of certain ESSA requirements and also released EO-02 related to waiving strict adherence to the Florida Education Code (pursuant to Executive Order 20-52, made necessary by the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency). You can read the EO HERE (slide deck available later today).